14 DAY TRIAL // We’ve known for a while that Microsoft was working on a new Outlook app whose role was to replace the existing email client in Windows, and as it turns out, its launch may not be too far.
An early version of the app has recently leaked, providing us with a look at how the new Outlook is going to work when it gets the go-ahead. Some users have also been able to activate the app and set up their accounts, it seems.
The new Outlook app is essentially a web-based version of an email client that would eventually replace the default Windows mail app.
Microsoft has been working on the transition to PWAs for quite some time, and based on the screenshots that made the headlines lately, this new Outlook app appears to continue this strategy.
Microsoft: You’d better wait for the final version
According to a report from The Verge, Microsoft is expected to announce the new Outlook app at the Build developer conference, with the rollout to Windows devices to begin later this year.
This is probably the reason the software giant tells users to ignore this leaked version and wait for the final build.
“We appreciate the excitement for our next update and will have more to share in the coming weeks,” Scott Stiles, the vice president of product management for Outlook, told the cited source. “The version available for download is an early unsupported test version of Outlook for Windows and is missing some of the features and enhancements that will be available for our beta testers. We encourage our customers to wait for the beta version to be released.”
For the time being, however, Microsoft is yet to provide users with an ETA as to when the new Outlook could end up seeing the daylight.