Microsoft Teams avatars: 3 per account, view-only on mobile

Microsoft's Teams support page, read 2026-10-08, says you can create up to three distinct avatars per Teams account, use them in meetings on the Windows and Mac desktop apps, and only view them on the Teams mobile app. The minimum PC is a two-core processor with 6 GB of RAM, with a four-core, 8 GB machine recommended. Guests can use avatars if their own organization has set them up.

A Teams avatar is a stand-in for a person in a live meeting. It is not a presenter you can render in advance, which is where Sume Avatar 1.0 fits.

Limits on the support page

Avatars let you take part without turning video on, customize appearance, use text-to-speech, join immersive spaces and use emotes and gestures. There are no legs: full-body avatars are not available. Creating an avatar from a photo requires Microsoft 365 Targeted Release enrollment and media permissions. Low bandwidth can cause 10-second-plus loads, unsaved wardrobe items, unrendered backgrounds and green flicker. An IT admin must enable the feature.

What a Teams avatar is not

The page does not describe a speaking AI agent. The avatar follows the person who controls it and speaks through text-to-speech if they choose. Nothing there lets you schedule a presenter to deliver a message while nobody is in the meeting.

The asynchronous alternative

If the goal is an update that colleagues watch later, a rendered clip avoids the setup entirely. Sume Avatar 1.0 takes a saved avatar handle and a script and returns a 720p MP4: $0.245 a second on the default Plus tier, so a 30-second update is $7.35 and a 60-second one is $14.70. Pick 16:9 for a Teams channel post and 9:16 for a phone-first feed.

The clip carries no meeting controls, no gestures and no listening. Use it for announcements, and keep the Teams avatar for real-time presence.