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Microsoft's new Windows email client Outlook, the so-called “One Outlook” project seems to be about to be released. Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment. Windows Central has previously discovered that some users have been able to download the new Outlook app, although it appears to be only available for work and education accounts at the moment.
From the latest leaks, the email client looks a lot like Outlook Web, which is cleaner, lighter and more powerful than the built-in Mail app than the previous Outlook for Windows. According to reports, this application is based entirely on online hosting services, and Microsoft will continue to work hard to move its services to the Web, rather than simply running as a local application.
According to foreign media reports, the app was originally scheduled to be tested in 2021 and is planned to eventually be released this year to replace other clients. It now appears that Microsoft is likely to officially release the new Outlook app at the Build developer conference at the end of this month, and replace Mail, Calendar and other versions of Outlook after that.
As for how it performs? We’ll have to wait until the new version is officially released or pushed out on a large scale. Of course, if the friends of IT Home have more discoveries, you are also welcome to post the new content and new features you have seen here to share your fun with everyone.
For now, it’s safe to say that as a desktop program wrapped in a web app, it might give you some wobbly concerns, but with Microsoft’s long-term push for progressive web apps, the future of app form seems to be taking the form of an In a certain way, it is believed that such similar applications will become more and more mature.
Of course, given the variety of Outlook apps out there today, this more compact web app might feel alienating for some reason, and that means Microsoft will likely continue to offer users at least sometime in the future. Multiple versions of Outlook, but the road ahead is clear: Microsoft has only one vision of a future where a new application experience will be based on the Web.