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The unread chats tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft Teams navigation and filtering changes that affect how people manage conversations they have not yet read. The tagged discussion focuses on a Microsoft 365 Roadmap item, 559608, which Microsoft marked as launched on September 2 after listing general availability for May 2026. The change adds an eye icon to the Teams desktop and Mac clients in the Worldwide standard multi-tenant cloud, letting users reveal read conversations while an unread-only chat or channel filter remains active. The thread frames this as a practical fix for high-volume Teams deployments, where unread-only mode helps triage but previously made checking an already-read conversation awkward.
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    Microsoft Teams Eye Icon Opens Read Chats in Unread View

    Microsoft Teams has finished rolling out a small but consequential navigation change for people who work from an unread-only chat or channel list: an eye icon now exposes read conversations without forcing users to clear the filter. Microsoft marked Microsoft 365 Roadmap item 559608 as Launched...