Second, the first sentence of a given email now shows up beneath its subject in the message list, giving you a better sense of whether it’s worth reading without previewing it. But it only brings the app version of Outlook up to par with its web-based Outlook365 version, not to mention rival web clients such as Gmail.
This is definitely convenient, especially for business users who can’t afford to miss a message even by a few minutes. Microsoft’s Office blog excitedly touts three major new features of Outlook 2016.įirst, push email support means that new mail shows up in your inbox as it arrives, without requiring you to check for it. Unless you rely heavily on Outlook’s still-superb integration of mail and calendars, you can probably find nimbler, more innovative email alternatives.Ĭluttered icons aside, Outlook 2016 gives its interface a modest but appealing update. If you’re looking for must-have reasons to upgrade to the new Office suite in order to get the new Outlook, you won’t find them here. The new Outlook 2016 for Mac is the same solid, dependable, occasionally cluttered app it’s always been, for good or ill. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
