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Krish Gali
Former Employee
Apr 18, 2017

Introducing groups in Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android

We are very excited to announce that we are rolling out groups experiences in Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android. When available on your device, you can - View your group list. Read and reply to ...
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Ivan54
Bronze Contributor
May 09, 2017
Krish Gali wrote:

We are very excited to announce that we are rolling out groups experiences in Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android. When available on your device, you can -

  • View your group list.
  • Read and reply to group conversations.
  • Add group events to your personal calendar.
  • View unread messages sent to the group.
  • View group details within the group card (Outlook for iOS and Android only).

We are working on quick iterations and additional functionality in the upcoming months, so stay tuned. More information here - https://blogs.office.com/2017/04/18/introducing-groups-in-outlook-for-mac-ios-and-android/.

 

Thanks,

Krish

 

Hi, we're finally able to see the Groups icon on iOS but I'm not totally happy with the implementation. Correct me if I'm wrong or your opinion differs:

 

  • iOS Unread Badge Count does not include unread Group Messages/Conversations
    • doesn't matter if the badge count is set to focused or all
  • therefore no push notifications either, right?
  • cannot mark group conversation unread manually

Also, I'd like the Groups Icon either moved out of the hamburger menu, at atleast show the icon at the very top, and immediately visible when I'm in my inbox. Almost no users I know open the hamburger menu regularly when there is no indication (=unread badge counter) that they should look also somewhere else.

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