<p id="thickbox_headline">Tech giant Microsoft has fixed a Teams bug that led to failed 911 calls on devices using Android 10 or later, media reports say.</p>.<p>A Reddit user discovered that having Teams installed, but not signed in, would prevent emergency calls from going through, citing XDA Developers, Engadget reported.</p>.<p>The phone would say a call was active and ring once, but never properly initiate the connection -- call logs would show nothing.</p>.<p>"While all Android calling apps will try to create a PhoneAccount class instance in the operating system, Teams was creating instances every time a user started the app 'cold' -- that increased the chances of a sorting problem that stopped calls from going through," the report said.</p>.<p>Google talked to the Reddit user and revealed that both the company and Microsoft were planning fixes.</p>.<p>In addition to the Microsoft patch, Google is delivering an Android platform update on January 4 that should address its side of the problem.</p>.<p>Users can delete and reinstall Teams to clear any excess PhoneAccount instances, and staying logged in should prevent any mishaps.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Tech giant Microsoft has fixed a Teams bug that led to failed 911 calls on devices using Android 10 or later, media reports say.</p>.<p>A Reddit user discovered that having Teams installed, but not signed in, would prevent emergency calls from going through, citing XDA Developers, Engadget reported.</p>.<p>The phone would say a call was active and ring once, but never properly initiate the connection -- call logs would show nothing.</p>.<p>"While all Android calling apps will try to create a PhoneAccount class instance in the operating system, Teams was creating instances every time a user started the app 'cold' -- that increased the chances of a sorting problem that stopped calls from going through," the report said.</p>.<p>Google talked to the Reddit user and revealed that both the company and Microsoft were planning fixes.</p>.<p>In addition to the Microsoft patch, Google is delivering an Android platform update on January 4 that should address its side of the problem.</p>.<p>Users can delete and reinstall Teams to clear any excess PhoneAccount instances, and staying logged in should prevent any mishaps.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>