Microsoft Outlook update solves a problem that should never have existed
Share photos as email attachments on Outlook for iOS
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Microsoftis preparing an update for its Outlookemailservicethat will solve an unnecessary headache for iOS users.
As explained in anew entryto the company’s product roadmap, Outlook for iOS will soon allow users to choose whether to share images as attachments or embed them in the message body.
Historically, the only available option has been to embed images within messages, with obvious effects on readability, especially when attempting to send multiple photos at once.
Microsoft Outlook update
Microsoft Outlook has for many years been a central part of people’s professional and personal lives, but the way the service is consumed has changed over time. Increasingly, people access their email on mobile platforms, a trend likely accelerated by the transition tohybrid working.
It follows, then, that the iOS and Android versions of Outlook should be equipped with identical functionality to the desktop application. In some instances, the smaller screen real estate means this is not feasible, but the inability to attach photos to email messages on mobile is tough to explain.
Scheduled to roll out by the end of June, the upcoming Outlook update will at least remedy the issue forApplecustomers, making it easier to send multiple photos (either from the local gallery orcloud storage) without impacting the reading experience.
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TechRadar Prohas asked Microsoft whether Android users can expect to benefit from a similar update in the near future.
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Beyond the image attachments upgrade, Microsoft has been busy working on a significant overhaul for Outlook onWindows 11. Referred to as “One Outlook”, the new-look email client is designed to unify the company’s variousproductivity tools- email, calendaring,to-do listsetc. - under a single platform.
The client also features deeper support forMicrosoft Loop, a service that lets users collaborate on portable data widgets acrossMicrosoft 365apps.
The eventual goal is probably to bring One Outlook to all major platforms, which would address the current discrepancies in user experience across desktop and mobile.
Joel Khalili is the News and Features Editor at TechRadar Pro, covering cybersecurity, data privacy, cloud, AI, blockchain, internet infrastructure, 5G, data storage and computing. He’s responsible for curating our news content, as well as commissioning and producing features on the technologies that are transforming the way the world does business.
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