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Outlook on your mobile browser is being upgraded

Gabriel_Valdez's avatar
Jan 24, 2020

Not long ago we released an opt-in toggle for users to be able to try the new experience of Outlook in a mobile browser, while we are working to make this experience better we wanted to give you a heads-up of the features that are coming, and some that won’t be there anymore.

 

Following are the set of features not yet available in the new version of Outlook in a mobile browser. 

 

Currently not supported (Coming soon)

Mail:

  • Approval Assistant (updated March 3rd) 
  • Add cloud attachments from first- and third-party providers
    • Add attachments from OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other third-party cloud storage providers
  • Item view for incoming mails
    • Each message received will be considered as a new message list item. Currently we have support for conversation view for email threads.
  • Choose “from” address while sending an email message
    • Ability to switch between email addresses on the “from” line while sending email messages
  • Reply with meeting
  • Search suggestions
  • Show categories applied to messages
  • Display categories applied to messages in the list view and reading pane
  • Suggested replies

Calendar

  • Swipe between days in Day view
  • Calendar event help text
    • Tips on recurring event and event responses in event details page
  • Create events from day view
    • Tap on the day view to create events at a specific time
  • Option to propose new time
  • Attach files when creating an events
  • Ability to view Shared calendars

People

  • Schedule a meeting from contact card
  • Launch map from contact location
    • Launches a Bing search for the location
  • Add school, location, hobbies in other details while creating or editing a contact
  • Search suggestions
  • Directory list in menu
    • List of directories available from the menu
  • Access to Settings from the People view

 

The following features will not be supported anymore in the new Outlook for mobile browsers.

Mail:

  • No option to set message sensitivity & importance
    • Set sensitivity and importance to specific message sent
  • No voting buttons
  • Read receipts
  • No option to apply retention policies
  • No access to add-ins
  • No ability to view shared folders and shared mailbox in folder list

Calendar:

  • No Calendar search
  • set email reminder for events
  • No support for adding or searching for people’s calendars
  • No ability to add groups’ calendars
  • No option control from Settings which events from your email are automatically added to your calendar

People:

  • Contact & contact list filter
    • View contact and contact list separately. In the new Outlook this can be done from the menu option in People section.
  • No ability to search within folders

 

This update will make Outlook faster, with a better design, and help us deploy fixes and updates in less time for a more secure experience than before.

 

If there are features you can’t find  or if you have any feedback, please reach out to us on our UserVoice channel.

 

Thanks!

Updated Mar 03, 2020
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  • VinayT's avatar
    VinayT
    Copper Contributor

    Gabriel_Valdez  I am working on developing outlook add-in and unable to side load it on mobile browser and on android outlook mobile app too. I have added MobileFormFactor as mentioned in docs. 

     

    This article talks about "No access to add-ins" in new outlook for mobile browsers. Is this the reason I am not able to side load ?

     

    And does this also apply for mobile app on android and iOS ?

     

     

     

  • cndev15's avatar
    cndev15
    Copper Contributor

    This is a poor decision:

     

    • No access to add-ins

    A thousand different developers have built add-ins for Microsoft-365, and you're kicking every one of them in the teeth by throwing away *all* their hard work?

     

    PLEASE RECONSIDER !!!!

     

    As you already know, Add-in's are Asynchronous and only loaded when used - supporting them will NOT slow anything down!

  • aafar's avatar
    aafar
    Brass Contributor
    So you’re removing the voting buttons for approval assistant for the ONLY place you can handle approvals on mobile. Great, thanks a ton!
  • ChuckWillemsen's avatar
    ChuckWillemsen
    Copper Contributor

    In the new version of Outlook Mobile in the Widgets section there should be a People shortcut with a new Fluent Design icon just like Calendar and Mail so we don't have to use the Google Contacts app. This would provide a consistent interface with a modern interface to all the other Microsoft Mobile apps and the new version of Launcher currently in beta.

  • Cynthia77's avatar
    Cynthia77
    Copper Contributor

    WHY will the functionality of being able to see shared/delegated mailboxes not be available anymore on the mobile app? It does not work on the outlook app either. This should be available somehow on a mobile device since I am not with my laptop all the time. This is very disappointing for e.g. management assistants. Please add it again, much appreciated. Already highly voted for on uservoice, please listen to your customers!