Lync 2013 Mobile for Android is available on the Google store. Below is our first look and photo tour of the app. At the end of this photo tour I have written my notes and thoughts. Enjoy.
Status Screen:
Voice Calling Screen
dtmf dial pad during a call
Dialer
Set Status
Instant Message
IM using Android Speech recognition (very nice)
Making a call from Android Contact List you are given a choice of which app to use. Lync 2013 Mobile is among this list.
Video Call (this is a video call to a Lync 2010 user)
Video Call: You can switch cameras and orientation mid call.
Incoming Call
Settings
Call forwarding
Landscape works in all screens fine. Notice the buttons at the top get smaller
Call Via Work Call back (it doesn’t appear the user can select call-via-work versus voip at dial time like Windows Phone)
Swipe to get to IM from a Voice/Video call
New modality request
Call History: Notice the little “1” on the conversation history “tab” indicating 1 missed call.
Not connected” indication
Both Lync 2010 and 2013 can be installed and (it seems) run at the same time. Do note that Lync 2013 will not work with Lync Server 2010.
Some Things I Noticed:
- You can swipe as well as tap between screens (not possible on Lync 2010 Android)
- Entire app is VERY snappy on my Nexus 4
- You can sync Lync contacts to your Android device
- You cannot search Android contacts from Lync (not a big deal because you can dial from Android contact list)
- Even if you exit Lync from App Switcher, incoming calls will come through
- NOT supported on Android tablets
- Contacts added on Lync 2013 (PC) will show up immediately
- Lync dialer does not normalize number
- NOTE: Appears there is no way to initiate multi-party IM from this client (Is this correct?)
No Visual Voicemail
Observations
- The app is VERY snappy on my Nexus 4
- Seems like the Lync 2013 Mobile for Android is ever so slightly more basic than iOS and Windows Phone Versions of Lync 2013 Mobile (but still great app)
- No way to select Call-Via-Work versus Voip at time of call
- Can’t search device contacts from Lync App (in fairness Lync contacts are added to Android contact list as an alternative)
- No Visual Voicemal
- Overall very nice app
More Detailed NotesAlso, you may want to read this blog article that answers in detail, a variety of call situations and how Lync 2013 Mobile (not android specifically) handles them.
- Question Your Users Will Ask About Lync 2013 Mobile: Click Here
- Which Android Devices Will Lync 2013 Mobile Run On? Click Here
Get Lync 2013 Mobile for Android Click Here:
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Lync 2013 Mobile is *NOT* supported on tablet. But what does it look like on a bigger form factor device?
Audio call
Video
conversations
Instant Message thread
Contacts Screen
Dialer
apk: click here
Hi Matt, do you know why is not compatible with Samsung tablets?? only for phone??
ReplyDeleteIt was not available for android tablets for lync 2010 mobile either so i suspect that is how it is.
DeleteBut if you get hold of apk it installs and works ok on samsung tablet
DeleteA shame really, I quite enjoy the iPad version.. Would have loved to have it on my Samsung TAB.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope the xda users will cook something up for us soon :)
You can try to install it using apk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ho6u8wp43ddatpd/Lync%202013.apk Extracted it from my phone.
Deletethat does work, but (of course) is not supported.
Deletethanks matt ...its great to have your overview on Lync15 for android...really helped me.i haven't got the answer why this app can't be used on tablet? what's difference really ?
ReplyDelete@sisily Microsoft will need to give their reason why tablet form factors are not supported.
DeleteI will say 1 thing i have noted that does not work correctly on some tablets: i've noticed that DTMF dial pad doesn't work correctly in larger screen sizes. so i could conjecture that Microsoft has not been able to test all larger screen sizes and what it causes for one thing.
Matt, Tadas, one of my customers tried to install the .apk file on his android tablet, but failed. Parse error. As understood he tried to install on his Galaxy Tab. Any ideas?
ReplyDeletenote this article on making it work on Samsung Galaxy tab:
Deletehttp://tech.rundtomrundt.com/2013/04/making-lync-2013-work-on-your-android.html
NOTE: NOT supported!
Thanks, Matt!
DeleteThe iOS 2013 apps work great for us but on Android everyone gets a "Invalid Exchange login credentials" error even when putting their DOMAIN\USERNAME into the advanced settings.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say Exchange 2010 and its ActiveSync/Autodiscover are all set up and working properly as far as I can tell.
Any ideas?
Apparently there is a bug of some sort. Microsoft is aware and working on a solution. Sadly, no timeline yet, however.
DeleteI have problem with Jason U :(
ReplyDeleteThanks for the apk link Matt, much appreciated. It works great on my (unsupported) Nexus 7
ReplyDeleteHi Matt, I have followed part 1 2 and 3 on your guide. Really appreciate it and thank you.
ReplyDeleteNow I am trying to connect it using Lync 2013 Android.
On sign-in address: I use username@domain.com
password: domain_password
Advanced: i use domain\user
Server: for internal i use: name.domain.com external i put anything
So when i click sign-in I could see it display my AD Certificate, then i click continue after that it showing error please check server address or network connection.
Then later on, using the same details as above i sign-in and it does not display the AD cert anymore and display same error.
Any ideas on this?
I have even tried to create A record on my AD for lyncdiscover and lyncdiscoverinternal to point to my Lync Server IP.
Hi Matt, I have managed to solve it.
DeleteJust add this on the Lync power shell:
Set-CsMcxConfiguration –ExposedWebUrl Internal
Source: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ocsmobility/thread/a6c81de7-6493-470e-a998-3c6afd3d2442
nexus 7 is with 3g or only wifi edition?
ReplyDeleteeither
DeleteNo way to see the screen share. What a shame... GoToMeeting allows to see and control screen share on Android.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, issues can arise that potentially would leave you harmful downtime or failing services and Business Phone Service
ReplyDeleteWould like to know if push notices appear in front of any application that is open and even on the lock screen as long as the Lync 2013 for Android app is running in the background.
ReplyDeleteWe recently implemented Exchange 2013+ Lync. The Following problem we are facing on IOS and Android platform, can you suggest the solution for this.
ReplyDelete• Mobile contact and Active directory contacts are not syncing with Android Lync App.
• Active directory contacts are not syncing with IOS platform.
Matt, thank you so much for this apk, which was the only way I could downgrade to a working version. The latest version of Lync I got from the Google Play Store for my Nexus 5 was completely screwed up.
ReplyDeletePlease Sir.
ReplyDeletein my android lync client 2013 have an error.
We can't verify the certificate from the server. Please contact your support team.
my desktop client is now ok! but android client have an error .