Just when you thought that the Outlook for Android email app was already great enough to replace your other email apps, they come up with even more feature and improvements to win you over. The latest update brings much welcome enhancements to the contacts and calendar section of the app as well as in the search functions for the email. Pretty soon, you might even find yourself totally dependent on this app for your communication and even for productivity purposes.
First off, the People section has been turned into a true-blue Address Book and you can now view all your contacts from all the email accounts that are synced with the app. Even the contacts stored locally on your smartphone can be added to the address book. When you choose a contact, you'll be able to see all their details of course, send them an email, call them from your device, or even map your way to where they currently (physically). You'll also be able to see your history with the contact, like past emails, files shared, meetings attended, etc.
The calendar section of the app also now has a three-day view available when in landscape mode, adding to the Agenda and Day modes. Other enhancements in the calendar section include zero-length meetings (scary stuff!), remove from calendar options in case your meeting has been canceled, and better options for the day picker for meetings. Searching through hundreds (maybe thousands) of emails is now easier as your search term is now highlighted in the results window so you'll know if you still need to refine your search.
The app has other minor tweaks like select all for bulk operations, undoing bulk operations in case you made a mistake, and then permanently deleting those in your deleted items folder (if you're sure you didn't make a mistake). The update should be rolling out to various accounts now. And if you still haven't yet discovered the beauty of Outlook for Android, you can download it for free from the Google Play Store.
SOURCE: Microsoft Office