Microsoft launches Outlook email app for Apple Watch

Microsoft launched the latest version of Outlook for iOS, which will support the Apple Watch with several useful features. With the new Outlook email app, users can now glance at their email, receive notifications for new mails and respond to an email, users can also use preset replies, according to reports.

Microsoft had introduced the iOS and Android versions of Outlook in January after the Redmond based software giant acquired Acompli, reports Tech Crunch. Acompli app focuses on reinventing email for the mobile age and Outlook apps are very much like Acompli’s original apps.

Outlook app has some enhanced features like support for attachments from cloud services, quick filters, calendar integrations for easy meeting scheduling, and a “focused” inbox that gives priority to important mails. Besides that the app sports a variety of Mailbox like swipe gestures for triage, custom notifications, to name a few. The app also works with Gmail, iCloud and Yahoo Mail, in addition to Outlook.com, Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange.

Apple’s default mail client offers the ability to receive “VIP messages”, besides the ability to view inbox, flag and delete messages.

Microsoft sells its own wearable product called the Microsoft Band. However, the company is keen on providing support for the Apple Watch and Android Wear products. By adopting this strategy, Microsoft aims luring more customers by expanding it services beyond Windows, reports CNET.

In late July, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said, the Apple Watch has access to around 8,500 apps, but the smartwatch needs more apps that can work independently without being dependent on a smartphone. Last month, the New York Times reported big app makers, namely, Facebook, Google and Snapchat are being skeptical about rolling out apps on the watch and are still evaluating the Apple Watch.

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