Sleeping with the Enemy: Outlook for Android Gets a Major UX Upgrade

Microsoft makes email beautiful again on Android

Paul Thurrott

April 16, 2013

1 Min Read
Sleeping with the Enemy: Outlook for Android Gets a Major UX Upgrade

When Microsoft delivered the first version of its Outlook app for Android, it became obvious quickly that it was just a slightly altered version of the Hotmail app. But the version released today features a complete user experience refresh that makes the app look and work more like the excellent web client.

I like it!

First of all, it’s beautiful, with clean, easy to read fonts and a nice layout. If you love the modern look of Outlook.com, you’ll feel right at home with this app.

From a functionality perspective, it includes everything you should expect: Email sync to the app, of course, but also contacts and calendar sync to the relevant Android apps. Conversation View, just like any Microsoft email solution. Notifications and Quiet time configuration. Push support thanks to Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). The works.

Did I mention it was gorgeous?

This thing almost makes me want to use Android. (Almost.) It’s like an Outlook-branded version of the excellent Mail app (Outlook Mobile) in Windows Phone 8.

Beautiful.

You can download the new Outlook for Android from the Google Play store.

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About the Author

Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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