Hotmail keeps asking for credentials on android phone

I quite agree. I use the laptop based Outlook and do not like the web based version. I use the BlackBerry app for the same reasons as you and it has been great until recently. The app password does seem to work and whilst I still am receiving the update messages they are now seeming to clear themselves and this afternoon the emails have kept coming. There was another work around; linking the hotmail address to a gmail account and receiving it that way. Not perfect obviously.

Watching carefully.

Definitely was a fluke. It lasted 4 days, and now I'm back to getting the message to update my hotmail account. I'm not using your work around re app passwords cause there were so many posts saying that didn't work. I don't want to add my hotmail account to Outlook on my mobile phone. I shouldn't have to switch between apps to read my hotmail messages. Aside from the inconvenience of having to switch apps, the mobile version of Outlook is not very versatile. You can't personalize the view and there's limited choices for calendar views. Users should be able to use whatever app they choose for mail. I feel like Microsoft is forcing ppl to use Outlook which is really not a good look. Very disappointed with Microsoft. This issue needs to be resolved so that users have the freedom to choose how they receive email.

So much for getting into Hotmail in the Blackberry Hub. It only lasted 4 days and now I'm back to getting the messages about updating my hotmail account. I'm thinking Microsoft is trying to force ppl to use Outlook, which is shady on their part. The stupid thing is that I'm still getting hotmail in the Hub. It just takes longer to come through.

So, after finally getting lucky and getting in through Blackberry Hub, it only lasted for 4 days, and now I'm getting the same message again. From the replies I've got from Microsoft, it appears that the only way to get hotmail to work, is to add it to Outlook. It seems to me that Microsoft is forcing ppl to use Outlook if they want to get hotmail without any issues. And their suggested work around is also not working based on the many posts about setting up app passwords.This is not a good look for Microsoft.

I got lucky. A few days ago, it came up with the update account msg. I've been trying a couple of times a week since this started. I clicked on the update and entered my regular password and it worked. Don't know how long it'll last. Tried my husband's account today and it still won't work, so i don't know why/how mine worked the other day. It's so dumb too cause my emails were coming through anyway. Just a bit slower than normal. It's definitely a Microsoft problem. I'm sure it has to do with the change from Microsoft mail to outlook. It's also only a problem on my phone. Hotmail is still working in mail on laptop and tablet.