14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has already announced a massive update for Outlook on Mac, and now it’s the turn of the Windows client to receive lots of improvements.
Scheduled to go later this year, this new major Outlook update for Windows will include a new Immersive Reader that will be available via the simplified ribbon.
What the Immersive Reader option will do is improve the experience based on how you want your email reading to happen, all using options like text spacing, line focus, page color, and column width. Everything will be included in the ribbon, so the configuration process will be easy as pie.
One feature that many people would love is support for text predictions, which will be based on a similar approach with the one already available in Microsoft Word.
“As Word adopts modern content creation capabilities, Outlook is able to do so also! Text predictions is based on an algorithm that is common across Microsoft 365. This means that the learnings that happen in Word, Outlook on the web or other Microsoft service built on the common architecture will inform and improve your overall Microsoft 365 experience, including in Outlook for Windows,” Microsoft says.
Built-in translation engine
Another feature that’s making the switch from Word to Outlook is the Editor, which is supposed to help improve writing with a more advanced spell check, grammar corrections, and writing style suggestions.
And last but not least, Outlook will be updated with Microsoft Translator integration.
“In Outlook for Windows, we are building the experience natively into the application and will start rolling it out in the December timeframe. Translator will continue to give you the option to translate full messages, specific words and phrases of your email messages but now Outlook will detect messages you receive in a different language than your own mailbox language and will ask you if you’d like it translated,” Microsoft says.
The new features will go live in the coming months in Outlook for Windows users.