The new Outlook for Windows will replace the current Mail, Calendar and People apps and will be included as default mail client in Windows 11. All this will happen in 2024, although it can already be tested in the preview phase.

When the PC era began, Microsoft conquered not only the productivity space with Office, but even the now obsolete personal information management (PIM) segment with Outlook. Today, Microsoft Outlook is almost like a distant memory and hers disparate and unconnected versions across platforms, they don’t help restore old laurels against webmail clients like Google’s Gmail, which dominates the market.

Microsoft wants to close the gap and is developing a new application that we used to know as “One Outlook” years ago. After a year of testing, the new Outlook for Windows appears to be ready. The company announced on its support page the launch plan and as it replaces other applications such as Mail and Calendar.

The new mail client is based on the Outlook.com web application, but sa redesigned design in the style of Windows 11 aa improved integration with other services such as the Microsoft 365 online productivity suite. In development, Microsoft is adding features and improving its design, adding support for personal Microsoft accounts (@outlook.com addresses), offline support, POP account support, and adding AI that the company will use in all your software.

It will have support for multiple accounts like Gmail and Yahoo! Apart from Microsoft’s own in what is perhaps its biggest advantage over Windows integration, as it allows you to use and switch between them all within a single application.

The new Outlook for Windows

You can try the new Outlook now by clicking the “Try the new Outlook” button in the upper right corner of the Mail or Calendar application in Windows. The same switch is also visible in the current (legacy) Outlook application. the application is completely free unlike the current Outlook for Windows, which is available in paid Microsoft 365 subscription plans.

The new Outlook will be included by default in versions of Windows 11 that Microsoft will release in 2024. The current Mail, Calendar and People apps will be available as a transition in the Microsoft Store, but will be removed for good at the end of next year. . There is no data on the share of these applications and how many users use them on Windows, considering that Webmail, such as Google’s Gmail, is a large part of the email client market.