Overall, the Outlook app for the Apple Watch looks like what you’d expect from Outlook, which is a compliment.
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More and more third-party email apps for iOS are expanding with Apple Watch support, and now Microsoft’s Outlook is joining the party.
Those who don’t have an Apple Watch need not worry, Microsoft promises to roll out a new update Outlook for iOS soon with a handful of new features.
Since the Apple Watch doesn’t offer a native keyboard you can’t exactly punch out a reply but the app does offer preset replies which can be used to respond to emails at any time. You can reply to them directly from your wrist using Siri dictation, emoji, or canned responses. You can visit an “Other” tab to the see the rest, however. It doesn’t say anything specific about the features but as the app was updated today, that hint has to be for some features that are yet to be released.
And the Apple Watch can also use all the apps it can get. You can configure custom notifications for important messages.
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You can grab Outlook for iOS, which includes the Watch app, here. (Which frankly, I don’t find myself doing a lot.) The Glance displays your emails and your next calendar appointment, which makes it a multi-functional widget. Like many Apple Watch apps, this one is all about keeping you updated with the latest: Focused Inbox Watch notifications let you know about emails and calendar events. The biggest releases are of course the new apps, which you can download right now: Outlook for Apple Watch, OneNote for Android Wear, and Microsoft Translator for both Apple Watch and Android Wear.
