New Outlook will replace Mail and Calendar apps in Windows 11

In the final stages of development, the new Outlook for Windows 2024 will be released to anyone using Windows 11, as Microsoft announced Friday (16). With various improvements, the updated version of the platform will replace the system’s native email and calendar applications.

According to the Redmond giant, The new version of Outlook integrated into Windows 11 will have advanced artificial intelligencehelps to write “impressive, clearer and error-free messages” without the need for a signature. The app will also have advanced protection against phishing attacks and other cyber scams.

The tool, which accumulates the functions of local applications to be closed, will also offer the ability to organize appointments, share availability and events with one click. Reminder of important conversations, universal search to find messages and appointments, and tracking of purchases are other additions.

With the new Outlook for Windows 11, users of other e-mail services such as Yahoo! and Gmail will be able to access all their conversations from the same place, update messages quickly. The service will continue to offer free access to Microsoft 365 on the web, with online versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

available for testers

As Microsoft says, the launch of the new Outlook for Windows 11 will only happen next year. But, Microsoft 365 Insiders can now test the updateClick on the “Try the new Outlook” option in the upper right corner of the program screen.

The company said that standard email and calendar apps will continue to be downloaded from the Microsoft Store until the end of 2024. Existing computers will be able to upgrade via a button in the system’s Email and Calendar programs. .