Microsoft Outlook App Gets New 'Play My Emails' Feature [Video]

Microsoft has announced a new 'Play My Emails' feature for its Outlook app.

Today we are very excited to introduce Play My Emails in Outlook for iOS that utilizes Cortana, your personal productivity assistant, to catch up on what’s new in your inbox so you can get time back in your day. With an intelligent read out of your emails, natural language interaction with Cortana and a user interface designed for people on the move, you can stay organized, on top of what matters and get back to living life outside your inbox.




Play My Emails uses large visual assets and touch targets to provide context about your emails at a glance. You can use one finger to swipe to the next message or act on a message, or use voice commands for touch-free email triage. The experience displays images of the people who sent you the emails so you can quickly identify the sender.

When you reply and provide a quick response to an email, the mic on your phone is used. You can use the controls on headphones to skip to new messages in your inbox. The microphone on your iPhone will only engage when you say “Hey Cortana” during the playback of your emails and when Cortana finishes reading out an email and listens for voice commands.



Availability:
Play My Emails is starting to roll out today to customers in the United States in Outlook for iOS following later in Outlook for Android.


Click here to learn more about the 'Play My Emails' feature. You can download Microsoft Outlook from the App Store for free.

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