Microsoft announced this week that the official preview for Outlook for Android is now available to download. The app is available for Android tablets and smartphones. Microsoft figures that the reason users will want to move from the native Android mail app they are using now is because Outlook for Android is more like working with email on a desktop than other apps out there.
Users will be able to sort through lots of email, manage calendars, and share files via the Outlook app. Outlook app brings together the ability to manage email, calendar, contacts, and files on your mobile device. Outlook will separate mail into two tabs with one called Focused and one called Other.
Important emails will come into the Focused box with all others going into the Other box. The Outlook app also has a one click unsubscribe offering for newsletters and other email you subscribe to that you might not want anymore. The app also supports customizable swipe gestures.
Swiping left or right on a message allows you to do things like archive, delete, move, flag, and mark as read or unread. You can customize these gestures to do what you want with swipes. The app also has predictive search for finding email on the go and full integration with your calendar. Attachments can be saved to cloud storage like Dropbox. Outlook can sync email with Office 365, Exchange Online, Exchange Server, Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, and Yahoo Mail. You can download the Outlook for Android preview here.
SOURCE: Office
