# Keep active audio work and participants in view

Audio processing gained more time to finish, compact layouts prioritized recent speakers, and Teams camera\-off participants regained avatar fallback\.

- Schema version: 1
- ID: meetso\-2026\-07\-16
- Slug: 2026\-07\-16\-let\-active\-audio\-processing\-finish\-prioritize\-speakers\-when\-all\-tiles\-cannot\-fit
- Period: 2026-07-16 to 2026-07-16
- Published: 2026-07-16
- Updated: None
- History: Development history
- Tags: design

Dates describe development history and do not verify when changes became available.

- Banner asset: participant\-framing
- Banner alt: Participant tiles fitted closely within a recording frame

![Participant tiles fitted closely within a recording frame](/_next/static/media/participant-framing.2njg2hu4reamr.svg)

## Give audio processing more time to finish

- ID: let\-active\-audio\-processing\-finish
- Type: fixed
- Area: transcription
- Availability: unverified

Improved handling of slower audio processing so it was less likely to stop prematurely\.

Very long or stalled work could still stop\.

## Prioritize recent speakers in compact layouts

- ID: prioritize\-speakers\-when\-all\-tiles\-cannot\-fit
- Type: improved
- Area: playback
- Availability: unverified

Updated layouts with limited tile space to favor recent speakers when recorded activity was available and show a count for participants outside the visible set\.

Without activity data, the layout kept its existing selection order\.

## Keep a Teams avatar after the camera turns off

- ID: keep\-teams\-participants\-visible\-when\-cameras\-turn\-off
- Type: fixed
- Area: playback
- Availability: unverified

Fixed a Teams source losing its avatar fallback just because it had previously supplied a video track\.

The player could show the avatar when that source’s camera was no longer active, using the source information present in the recording\.