It's one more reason, along with the other touch-friendly Office apps that will be free at the Windows Store, to make the free upgrade to Windows 10.
It's called Outlook Mail on Windows 10 Mobile running on smartphones and phablets, but just plain Mail on Windows 10 for PCs. This new Windows 10 Mail app, which comes preinstalled along with Calendar, is actually part of the free version of Microsoft's Office Mobile productivity suite. Windows 8 featured a very basic modern app for mail, which was improved in 8.1 with things like drag-and-drop for moving mail among folders. Here I'll take a closer look at the new mail client app's capabilities to find out whether it's worthy of being your default mail client. It's also a big advance over the Windows 8.1 Mail app, which I've nevertheless used with satisfaction. Long gone is Outlook Express, and the new Windows 10 Mail client is here to fill its role, now with touch support and a new minimalist, flat design. New default apps are part and parcel of major new Windows releases.
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Other powerful email clients for Android besides Spark ( Android/ iPhone) and Gmail ( Android/ iPhone) include Spike ( Android/ iOS) and Newton Mail ( Android/ iPhone). “Starting today, you can download Spark Mail app for free, straight from Google Play and start loving your email again … we welcome everyone to come and enjoy the same premium email experience we have been delivering through our iOS and Mac apps all these years.” “Today’s release marks the beginning of our journey to deliver the best email experience to our fans on Android,” Sparks creators wrote in a message on its website. Spark for Android also incorporates collaborative features that let you discuss emails privately with your work team, or create new emails together in real time. Smart notifications, meanwhile, let you know when an email arrives from someone defined as an “important” contact. It includes a so-called “smart inbox” that takes you straight to the emails that matter most and helps you to quickly delete emails of less importance (such as marketing newsletters and notifications from Amazon and Facebook). Tools aimed at helping you reach that lofty goal include batch delete, send later, snooze, reminders, quick replies, smart search, and pins, among others. With a bold mission to “make you love email again,” the feature-rich app promises to help you with something that you may have long given up on: Reaching inbox zero. While former Inbox users may be happy switching to Gmail for their email needs, Spark could be of interest to those looking for an organization-focused client that can comfortably handle messages from multiple email accounts that include Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. The launch comes on the very same day that Google retired Inbox, an app that was supposed to create a more efficient email experience for users, but which now finds itself in the trash can after four years of service.įor Spark, the Ukraine-based startup behind the app has employed the services of Stephen Fry to help get the word out, with the writer and actor voicing the launch video above. This week it finally arrived for Android. Fitbit Versa 3Įmail app Spark launched for the iPhone in 2015 and has won a lot of fans over the years.