Microsoft Outlook Mobile App for Android, iPhone Gets New Features With Latest Update

Microsoft says Outlook Mobile users on Android can now search past events for up to one year, compared to the previous limit of six months.

Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 7 June 2024 12:21 IST

Microsoft Outlook Mobile App for Android, iPhone Gets New Features With Latest Update

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These features were introduced with Outlook for Android and iOS app version 4.2418.0.

Highlights

Microsoft brought new features for Outlook Mobile app on Android and iOS
Compose, events, calendar and other functionalities received improvements
Outlook App for Android and iOS version 4.2418.0 brought these features

Microsoft Outlook received new features for its app on Android and iOS on Monday. The features were introduced as part of app updates on both platforms. According to Microsoft, the Compose and calendar functionalities have been improved on its iPhone app whereas the update for its Android app brings enhancements to events, search, and calendar. Furthermore, bug fixes have also been rolled out for both platforms.

Microsoft Outlook iOS app new features

According to release notes, Microsoft Outlook for iOS adds the Report Message option to the swipe action list. It also brings the ability to use a local account in Office 365 Box, the company's content cloud where users can securely store their files online and easily share them.

The Compose feature is also claimed to be updated and users can now resend messages from the Sent folder. Furthermore, Teams meeting chat can now be accessed from the event details in the calendar.

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Microsoft Outlook Android app new features

On Android, the Outlook app update brings improvements to events, search, calendar and box. Microsoft says users can now search past events for up to one year, compared to the previous cap of six months.

Additionally, a Teams tab has been added through which Teams chat messages can be searched. When a message is selected, it will open up the same message in the Teams mobile app. Users who do not have the app will be redirected to the Google Play Store instead, Microsoft claims.

It also brings the same functionality to Compose and events as introduced on iOS. Microsoft says the update for Outlook for Android fixes an issue that prevented the single sign-on flow from succeeding for Microsoft 365 accounts in some cases.

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These features were introduced with Outlook for Android and iOS app version 4.2418.0.

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