Microsoft today announced the two-year anniversary of Outlook Mobile for Android and iOS. And starting today, the iOS version is gaining extensibility thanks to a new add-ins capability.
Android will pick up this feature soon, Microsoft adds.
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“Two years ago, we launched Outlook mobile with the goal of helping you accomplish more while on the go,” Microsoft’s Javier Soltero writes in a new post to the Office Blogs. “More means an inbox that helps you focus on the emails that matter most. More means a calendar that can manage your entire day, not just show you your schedule. And today, we are excited to continue that mission by bringing apps to your inbox with add-ins for Outlook on iOS.”
For this initial launch, Outlook for iOS will support several add-ins, including:
Dynamics 365. This add-in provides “real time insights about your business contacts and their organization, right in your inbox, so you can focus on the selling and have more meaningful interactions,” Microsoft says.
Translator. Helps you read messages in your preferred language, across devices, with support for 60 languages.
Nimble. Helps you get prepared for meetings and engage effectively with business intelligence about your email contacts and their organizations, right in email.
Trello. Turns your email into actionable items, keep track of projects, and make sure emails don’t go unseen.
Evernote. Capture what’s on your mind and stay organized by clipping emails from Outlook to a project notebook in Evernote.
Smartsheet. Helps you manage and automate work so you can get work assigned, updated, and completed more quickly.
GIPHY. This one helps you add GIFs to your emails. Why? Why ask why?
Microsoft is also providing developers with the information they need to write their own add-ins, so we should see these capabilities improve nicely over time.
Currently, add-ins are only available when reading email. But Microsoft says it will be adding more add-in actions for composing or replying to email in the future too.
Good stuff. I’ll be checking this out today if possible.
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<p>I can see a tremendous amount of usefulness in several of these features, especially dynamics and translate. I updated the app, but the new ad in widget isn’t showing for me.</p>
<p> On a second note, it’s really ridiculous how nebulous the word ‘Outlook’ has become. Is it an app? A service? A mail client? A premium productivity tool? Yes. Is there consistency in the features, capabilities or experience? No. </p>