Microsoft has released Outlook for Apple Watch, allowing owners of the smartwatch to read and respond to emails and calendar events directly from their wrist.
Users can read full emails on the small screen, with a ‘focused’ inbox displaying what the app believes to be the most important messages, and take actions such as delete, archive, flag or set them to appear later.
Messages can be responded to with pre-written templates or voice dictation and unread emails and appointments are shown on the glance screen.
Read More: 11 Top work apps for Apple Watch
The company is also releasing Android Wear apps for OneDrive, Translator and OneNote.
“Wearables are an emerging type of device that promises to be always with you and provide relevant, personal notifications to keep you focused—through simple, natural and brief interactions,” said Microsoft in a blog post. “These context-aware devices become work companions, health advisors and even intelligent assistants.”
Microsoft’s recent strategy has seen it release as many of its services as possible for as many devices as it can, in order to increase subscription revenue. Previously, many apps, such as Microsoft Office, had only been available on Windows platforms in order to differentiate them from the competition.
The Apple Watch debuted in April with more than 3,000 applications, while a number of vendors, including SAP, have supported the smartwatch.
What do you know about the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch? Try our quiz!
Amid intense competition from Huawei and others, Apple has again slashed the price of its…
Damning ruling by British judge, after he rules that self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor lied 'repeatedly' to…
High Court rules Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the US, despite…
Regulatory filing last week shows Elon Musk's Tesla is cutting another 600 jobs in California,…
Weeks after seeking feedback on Microsoft's partnership with Mistral AI, UK regulator says it does…
Seeking collaboration on AI regulation, UK's AI Safety Institute to cross Atlantic and will open…