Microsoft continues its crusade to get its apps ready for Windows XNUMX, Outlook also sees an update in the works for a previous view. The Mail app has taken many forms since the time it was acquired by Microsoft in XNUMX for $XNUMX million. Dubbed "Project Monarch," this new Outlook looks like a reboot of what came before and how users will manage their email in Windows XNUMX and Windows XNUMX. These days, there are so many ways to access your personal and work email, via an internet browser or your smartphone, and there are plenty of free email apps out there, so Microsoft thinks it's time for another iteration. Outlook.
Mail unification
Like Snipping Tool and Snip and Sketch, Microsoft has a habit of releasing more than one application that performs the same function, and Email is another example. In Windows XNUMX and later, you can use an app called Windows Email, which sports a layout reminiscent of the Metro user interface that Microsoft incorporated into many apps in XNUMX. However, you can also access your Microsoft account. XNUMX and access your mail through Outlook, or download an app called Outlook as well. In the May XNUMX update for Office Insiders, Outlook's new design showed off quietly, with a user interface reminiscent of the new Paint app in Windows XNUMX.
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An Outlook on 2 Windows
This is a part of the new 'One Outlook' project Microsoft is working on: finally consolidating email apps into a unified app that can run your email on Windows XNUMX and Windows XNUMX, with no other email app installed. and without confusion. It makes sense that the new Outlook would launch on Windows XNUMX and XNUMX, as email is the primary reason many users have a PC in their office. Having the same design on the two operating systems might also encourage some to upgrade to Windows XNUMX, knowing that they won't have to learn how to use another email app on their own. Since the days of MSN Hotmail and Windows Live, Microsoft has had a great opportunity here to build on the success of Outlook, as its app on Android and iOS has been really well received. It is capable of easily managing different email accounts, while giving users extensive customization to remove emails, create folders, and much more. The new Outlook should build on that in Windows XNUMX and Windows XNUMX, and leave Windows Email in the dust as a relic of Windows XNUMX. While this new One Outlook isn't out yet, it may very well be as we get closer to the launch of Windows XNUMX, which is scheduled for October. Through Windows Latest