One More Step Towards Completion for the New Outlook for Windows

Photo Credit: Golem.de Throughout the past year, Microsoft has been developing a brand-new Outlook mail client for Windows, but compared to the current software, it still lacks some functionality. However, the gap is getting smaller thanks to recent advancements. With a sleeker layout, support for dark mode, simpler file attachments, automatic reminders, email pinning, and other upgrades over the previous Windows version, the new Outlook for Windows is based on the Outlook web app. Microsoft has been trying to repair the initial preview's numerous feature gaps before the new software is made available to everyone. Prior to today, it was only compatible with Microsoft accounts. Now, it now supports Gmail accounts. Photo Credit: Windows Central "Today, we will start rolling out support for Gmail accounts to those using the preview of the new Outlook for Windows," Microsoft wrote in a blog post. Together with the option to connect your mailbox via IMAP, we will also soon include support for Yahoo and iCloud. We want everyone to be able to view all of their emails from any Windows 10 or Windows 11 device, all in one place. Full synchronization with Google Calendar and Gmail is part of the new integration, whereas it was completely unavailable on the previous version of Outlook without workarounds (like using a read-only calendar ICS link or a third-party plugin). It puts it on par with the Windows Mail and Windows Calendar early Windows 10 apps, which are still accessible on Windows 11 but have been disregarded for some time and are no longer functional. After it is finished, the new Outlook app will take the place of both those apps and the existing Outlook client. Also Read: Windows Users Need to Update Outlook Immediately The updated Outlook app also has a few other upgrades. Microsoft Editor offers advanced editing and spell checking, a 10-second wait before emails are sent (so you may "undo" it), and the ability to join Skype or Teams calls right from Outlook. Many time zones are better handled and the weather is shown every day in the calendar view. Microsoft claims that it is still working on additional graphical and personalization upgrades, support for new email providers, offline capability, and the capacity to read ICS calendar files. By clicking "Test the new Outlook" in the top-right corner of the Outlook for Windows client, you may test it out.