Using Categories in Outlook mobile app

Anonymous
2021-09-10T02:55:44+00:00

Hi

Does anyone know how to apply Categories to emails in the Outlook for Android app please?

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Anonymous
2021-09-10T07:41:47+00:00

Hi Zeal,

Glad to help you here. Along with the “Categories” option, Microsoft Outlook for Android will also get a new floating action menu to help you quickly access a few essential features. You will be able to access the menu by tapping and holding the compose button. You will be able to access the menu by tapping and holding the compose button.

The upcoming “Categories” feature on Microsoft Outlook for Android will allow users to group emails, events, and contacts based on customizable categories. Once released, the feature will show up as a new “Categories” option in the app settings.

Tapping on this option will open a new page, which will include a couple of predefined categories and a button to add a custom category. When you tap on any of these predefined categories, you will see a pop-up that will let you change the category name and color. However, it isn’t clear how these categories will be displayed in the inbox. So you may update the Outlook at first to have a try whether it could work or not.

Hope that this answers your concern. If you have any questions about this issue or I misunderstand your meaning, please feel free to reply and I will answer for you. Thank you very much.

Regards,

Rebecca

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T15:31:09+00:00

    I agree! The lack of consistency is incredible. I use mobile as much if not more that desktop, and this just breaks the usability of Outlook. I get better consistency from small developer apps than Microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-14T14:17:12+00:00

    This is just absolutely insane and shows a clear disregard for their customers that this BASIC Outlook feature still hasn’t found its way to mobile. What on earth is the Outlook mobile team even doing that they haven’t been able to get this feature into the app in YEARS?????

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-23T20:22:59+00:00

    Just popped in to check for any updates.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-23T20:06:30+00:00

    The issue is the contrast of background and text in the categories. It is currently so hard to read it is useless.

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