Microsoft today announced a major update to the Outlook app on Android and iOS, adding several top-requested calendar features.
“Whether you’re planning your next dinner date or an upcoming meeting with teammates, the Outlook app is there to help you manage and make the most of your day,” a post attributed to the Outlook team reads. “Today, we are adding several of your most highly requested calendaring features, including the ability to sync your shared calendars to your phone and manage and RSVP to recurring events.”
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Here’s what’s new.
Synced shared calendars. Now, you can view and edit Office 365 and Outlook.com calendars and then share them with others from within the app. (This feature is rolling out on the back-end now, Microsoft says, but you can re-accept any sharing invitations from Outlook on iOS or Android to jump-start the process on your device.)
Manage delegated calendars. Users who manage other people’s calendars can now do so directly from Outlook Mobile: You can now manage your delegates, accept a delegation request, and fully view and edit delegated calendars.
Meetup support. Outlook Mobile now supports Meetup via a new Calendar app that lets you see upcoming Meetups directly on your calendar.
Event management. Outlook on both Android and iOS now supports improved event management with daily, weekly, monthly or yearly recurrences for events, RSVP for events, and the ability to see your coworkers’ availability (this was previously on iOS only).
A few iOS-specific updates. Additionally, those using Outlook on iOS can now add a message when responding to a meeting invite, set events as private, and mark calendar events as Busy, Free, Out of Office, or Tentative. These features are coming to Android soon, Microsoft says.
Stooks
<p>The App is worthless as long as your credentials and data are not encrypted and can be seen by Microsoft. One data breach or hack at Microsoft and millions of users will have their data stolen. Also it CANT be the default contact app on either iOS or Andorid. Simply a non-starter for me.</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><a href="#205652"><em>In reply to wright_is:</em></a></blockquote><p>Yes this is a recent update, the syncing of the contacts between the apps and the phone. That said you have basically two copies on the phone of your contacts, one in the phone app and one in Outlook. When you send text or does it pull from the Outlook app contacts? How about when you receive a phone call is the display name coming from the Outlook app contacts?</p><p><br></p><p>On iOS it happens the same way, however you cant change the default. The best way to make it work on iOS is to just use native apps. When I text or receive a phone call the display name is coming from the native contact app on iOS. </p><p><br></p><p>Not to mention the native app direct connects and does so fully encrypted. </p><p><br></p><p>Also on the latest version of this app on iOS replies are now at the bottom……native app keeps them at the top of the email chain. I can't find a way to turn this off.</p>
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