Microsoft has announced that Apple devices running macOS can now use the Outlook email app for free, which can be purchased or obtained with a Microsoft 365 service subscription (Microsoft 365).
The company said that Outlook for Mac now supports most personal email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, and any other IMAP-enabled service. She added that the application provides powerful features such as showing incoming emails for all addresses in one field, and the ability to easily search all messages, which helps in managing multiple accounts on the application. The company said the app's support for third-party email providers is backed by a high level of protection, ensuring secure communications and protecting their identities while protecting their email, calendar, contacts, and files.
Microsoft has revamped the new Outlook app for Mac to provide users with a modern and attractive interface, and says it has designed the app to run on Apple Silicon processors as much as possible compared to previous versions and to provide faster sync speeds.
Microsoft says it's developing the new app to take advantage of macOS, including support for the app's calendar widget and the ability to show reminders in the app's notification center, and the app will let you do that soon. Appointments in the system menu bar.
The app supports the Handoff feature that allows users to resume tasks they took between iOS devices and Mac. Microsoft has also added an upcoming Outlook Profiles feature that will allow users to link their email accounts with the Apple Focus feature, which will allow users to avoid receiving unwanted notifications. For example, block personal email notifications during business hours.
Focused Inbox automatically separates important emails and puts them in their own inbox so you can find them easily. The application allows users to prioritize messages based on their preferences. They can flag certain messages in their inbox to keep them on top of things, or request automatic reminders to respond to non-urgent messages later.
Users can now download the new Outlook for Mac app for free from the Apple App Store.