Microsoft is functioning on a more compact and faster Outlook Lite application for Android. The program big has specific the app in its Microsoft 365 roadmap, the place it describes Outlook Lite as “an Android app that brings the primary rewards of Outlook in a smaller sized app measurement with quickly functionality for lower-conclude devices on any network.”
The roadmap reveals that the Outlook Lite application will be obtainable around the globe at some position this thirty day period. ZDNet reviews that an Outlook Lite application now exists in a handful of international locations, so Microsoft seems to be readying it for a broader launch. Microsoft’s own documentation on Outlook Lite suggests the app will be restricted to only Outlook, Hotmail, Dwell, and MSN accounts, and won’t assistance do the job or school accounts.
Meta was one particular of the initially big tech corporations to generate a slimmed down edition of its primary Fb Android app. Fb Lite appeared in 2015 as just a 1MB app, aimed immediately at establishing markets. Google adopted with its line of “Go” light-weight Android apps, including Gmail Go in 2018.
Outlook cellular is a single of the most well-liked electronic mail applications on Android, with far more than 500 million downloads on the Google Enjoy Keep. The Verge suggests Outlook as the most effective iOS e-mail app, and a prime alternative on Android.
Microsoft is also screening a new Outlook for Windows app. The new app is in testing, and is based on Outlook on the world wide web. It will finally substitute the Outlook for Windows application in the decades forward.
