Microsoft Releases Outlook Web App For Android

The Gmail icon on the home screen of your phone may get some company from the people at Microsoft. For this to happen, you should already have an Office 365 business mailbox installed in your phone. Microsoft has recently released a public beta version of Outlook Web App (OWA) webmail service that is intended for Android devices. Microsoft had previously announced their plans to launch such an app in late March. Outlook Web App is used mainly by Office 365 business subscribers or the Microsoft Exchange Server users. The requirements of the latest Android app states that it can only be used by Office 365 business plans now.

The OWA also needs Android 4.4 KitKat or later to run and is recommended for use in devices that have normal or small sized displays. In other words, tablets and phablets are not meant for this first release of the Outlook Web App. As this is not the final build, it is much likely that more features will be added over time and the users can expect to encounter a few bugs while using the beta Outlook Web App. As for the features that are now available, the users of OWA for Android will be able to look up a contact or check their schedule through voice commands and they will also be able to access their calendar.

The ability of using the voice of the user to look up a contact or to check out the schedule seems to be appealing to many of the users. The Calendar and People features in Outlook Web App have also been optimized for the Android app. Microsoft said that they will be taking feedback from this beta releases and will make use of it to add features together with support for more Android devices in the forthcoming updates. Microsoft had made its other Office web apps like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint free to use for the Android devices. It is rumored that the company will release full featured Office apps for the Android OS sometime before end of 2014.

If you would like to know how to get Microsoft Outlook Web App for Android, you can contact the Outlook help and support team. They will be able to help you understand more on the Outlook Web App for Android and will help you get Microsoft Outlook Web App working on your Android device.