Michal Marek Last year, Microsoft bought the popular email app Acompli and rather quickly transformed into its own product with the not-so-surprising name of Outlook. Compared to Acompli, the latter initially received only minor visual changes and, of course, a new brand. But the development of the application went forward quickly and it was clear that Microsoft had big plans for it.
This year, the software giant from Redmond also bought the popular Sunrise calendar app. At first it wasn't entirely clear what Microsoft intended with it, but today came a big announcement. The Sunrise calendar features will gradually be fully integrated into Outlook, and when that happens, Microsoft plans to retire the stand-alone Sunrise. The end of this calendar as a separate unit is definitely not a matter of weeks or maybe even months, but it is already clear that it will come sooner or later.
The first signs of Outlook unification with the Sunrise calendar came with today's Outlook update. The calendar tab, which was already available in the original e-mail client Acompli, has today changed into the guise of Sunrise and looks much better. Moreover, it is not just a visual improvement. The calendar in Outlook is also now clearer and displays much more information.
"Over time, we'll bring all of the best features from Sunrise to Outlook for iOS and Android," explained Microsoft's Pierre Valade, who heads Outlook mobile. “We'll be canceling Sunrise time. We'll give people plenty of time to transition, but we want to make sure we're fully focused on Outlook, where we already have 30 million users."
The teams that originally worked on Sunrise and Acompli in their companies now work in a single group that develops mobile Outlook. These developers are already working on the implementation of 3D Touch, thanks to which, among other things, the user will be able to quickly access the calendar directly from the application icon.
Microsoft did not provide more information about the future end of Sunrise. However, it is certain that this calendar will remain with us at least until it is fully functionally switched to Outlook. But of course, this is no consolation for those who do not use Outlook for some reason and have entrusted their e-mail communication to another application.
Users of the Wunderlist application for managing tasks and reminders, which Microsoft also bought this year. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, because Microsoft has not yet commented on the fate of this tool and it is of course possible that it does not have similar integration plans with it.
The Outlook update is already rolling out to the App Store, but it may take some time before it's available to everyone. So if you don't see it on your device yet, just wait.
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Does anyone also have a problem with Czech characters in some emails on iOS in the Outlook application?
jj, from time to time an email arrives with broken coding. In normal outlook everything is displayed correctly. The only problem is the mobile one.