New AI-powered Outlook app will replace Mail, Calendar apps on Windows 11

Microsoft announces new AI-powered Outlook app will come with new Windows 11 devices

San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that starting in 2024, new Windows 11 devices will ship with a new AI-enabled Outlook app as the default mailbox app, replacing the Mail, Calendar, and People apps.

“Starting in 2024, new Windows 11 devices will ship with the new Outlook for Windows as the default mailbox application, free for everyone to use. The mail and calendar applications will continue to be downloaded through the Microsoft Store through the end of 2024.” Microsoft said in a blog post Indicated.

On existing devices, users can switch to the new Outlook for Windows with a toggle in the mail and calendar apps.

Additionally, the company says users will be able to take advantage of the advanced artificial intelligence built into the new Outlook for Windows to write better emails, helping them write impactful, clearer, error-free messages, and the new Outlook for Windows Also helps remind them to follow up on important conversations.

To try out the new Outlook app preview, users need to swipe the Try New Outlook switch in the upper right corner of the Mail & Calendar or classic Outlook for Windows app, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23481 to the Dev Channel, which includes modernized Window Ink.

“Windows Ink is being modernized to allow users to enable inking directly on edit fields,” the tech giant said in a blog post.