Outlook.com for Android gets server-side search, option to download all mail, aliases, and vacation replies
Microsoft today updated its Outlook.com app for Android with five new features, including server-side search and vacation replies. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play.
Microsoft says this is a “significant update” to the app, that delivers (some of) the features its users have asked for. The company has been collecting feedback and requests for this app since its release in April, and it now features over 150 improvements, on top of the new features.
First and foremost, server-side search has been added to let you search through all of your email, even if the messages aren’t on your phone. A new option lets you search Outlook.com if you can’t find them locally.
In the same vein, there is now an option to download all your messages, regardless of how old they are. In other words, if server-side search doesn’t cut it, you can just grab all your emails so you can read (and search for) them offline.
The official changelog on Google Play isn’t very representative of what’s actually new:
- Support for Android OS 2.2.
- Smaller font size.
- Recipients can see the sender name instead of just an email address in mail sent from the app.
- Various bug fixes.
More to follow.
