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!
