With the SharePoint mobile app for iOS and Android, you can discover relevant content, return to your work, and stay connected to your organization's sites, people, and news wherever you are.
The app brings the personalized SharePoint Discover experience to your phone, bringing together your recent activity, favorite content, and updates from the people you work with.
Note
The experience described in this article begins rolling out on iOS during the week of October 26, 2026. Rollout on Android begins in December 2026.
Overview
Overview is your personalized starting point. Browse relevant updates or pick up where you left off.
Here's what's new: Discover news and content relevant to you.
Recent and Favorites: Quickly return to recently opened content or items you added to Favorites.
Recent sites: Revisit sites and see highlights of their activity.
Updates from coworkers: Discover content and updates from people you work with.
Trending news: Catch up on news across your organization.
Use the shortcuts at the top to explore Sites, People, News, Recent, and Favorites. Where available, tap See all to explore more items in a section.
Sites
Open Sites to find recent, favorite, and suggested sites.
Return to sites you recently visited.
Add sites to Favorite to keep them easy to find.
Explore suggested sites relevant to your work.
Open a site to browse its files, document libraries, lists, and news.
If your organization has configured a home site, use the Home icon to open it.
People
Open People to find the coworkers you collaborate with and discover content through them.
Select a person to view their profile, contact information, and related content, including files shared with you. You can only see content you have permission to access.
News
Open News to catch up on updates from your team and organization.
Browse news previews and select a story to read the full post.
Use Unread and source filters to focus on the news you want to read.
Like posts, view engagement, and add comments where available.
Add news posts to Favorites to return to them later.
Recent and Favorites
Use Recent and Favorites to get back to the content you need.
Recent shows content you recently opened.
Favorites keeps content you want to return to, including files and news posts.
Use the available sorting and file-type filters to narrow longer lists. Select an item to open it.
Note
Favorites replaces the previous Following terminology for sites and the Save for later experience for news. Use Favorites to keep useful sites and content within reach.
Search
Select the Search icon and enter a search term to find files, sites, news posts, or people across SharePoint.
You can also search within a site to find content in that site. Search results respect your existing access permissions.
Preview files
Preview supported Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, image, and video files directly in the SharePoint mobile app.
When you need to work with a file in its dedicated app, use the option to open it there, where available.
Profile and settings
Use your profile and settings to manage accounts, check the app version, and access help.
Get SharePoint mobile app
Get your news and content from anywhere—at work, at home, or on the go.
Download the SharePoint app on your mobile device, and then sign in with your work or school account.