When Microsoft released their Outlook mobile app on Android a few weeks ago, they promised to have updates every week, to make it worth your while even though they might be late into the game already. Well, they’re delivering on their promise, as several new features are in their latest update, all with the goal of making life easier for its users and trying to convince always-mobile people to switch to their app.
While not all the new features and improvements are applicable to all the platforms, the Android version of Outlook has its fair share of new goodies. If your company, school or provider uses IMAP, you can now configure it to the app which has added support for the email protocol with IDLE, which means you can let it push to your device whenever you have new mail. It will also sync every few minutes, unless you specify otherwise. Outlook also now has swipe gestures, just like with Mailbox, Inbox, and other email apps, making it easier for you to deal with the emails that arrive on your inbox. You can even customize the gestures, swiping either left or right to archive, delete, move, mark as read/unread, or schedule for later reading.
Security protocols are also now part of the Outlook system to help keep your emails more secure, especially if you’re dealing with sensitive work-related (or even personal) information. You now need a password to sync your email, particularly if your company uses Exchange ActiveSync. Unless you set-up that passcode, you won’t be able to access your email. It might be a bit more hassle, but hey, at least you know they’re keeping your information safe and secure (at least, on paper).
The features are slowly rolling out to users, so if you don’t have it yet, fret not because it will eventually get to you. If you don’t have Outlook yet and would like to give it a try, you can download it for free from the Google Play Store.
SOURCE: Microsoft
