Outlook is now free for Mac customers, that means a Microsoft 365 subscription — previously Microsoft Workplace — will not be vital to make use of the e-mail app, Microsoft stated in a weblog submit on Monday.
Microsoft Outlook is now free on Mac.
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Moreover, Microsoft stated new options might be coming to Mac customers. This consists of with the ability to “peek” at upcoming calendar occasions and join an individual’s Outlook profile to Apple Focus, a characteristic that permits folks to customise their notifications.
Microsoft stated it did not have a further remark outdoors of the weblog submit.
Outlook is an electronic mail, calendar, note-taking and contact-management app that is been round since 1997. It was primarily used as enterprise software program, however Microsoft slowly opened it as much as extra mainstream audiences, folding in electronic mail messaging from MSN and reside.com.
Whereas Microsoft’s Home windows working system is a significant competitor to Apple’s MacOS, each corporations do create software program for one another’s platforms. Microsoft’s enterprise software program, like Phrase, Excel and PowerPoint, is offered to Mac customers. Apple’s iTunes can also be current on Home windows.
Microsoft did not instantly reply to a request for additional remark.