Microsoft announced today that it plans to bring Google Calendar and Contacts support to Outlook 2016 for Mac later this year. Outlook for Mac already works with Gmail accounts for managing email, but this update will mark the first time Gmail users can manage contact databases and calendar entries using Microsoft’s software. Outlook for Mac has long supported connecting to and managing your Gmail.
With these updates, Outlook will now also sync your Google calendars and contacts. The experience will be very similar to what you are familiar with in Outlook today, with support for all the core actions—such as add, delete, edit time and location. Office Insider Fast members will be the first to test Google Calendar and Contacts syncing on Outlook 2016 for Mac with a rollout starting today. Following a round of testing and feedback, Microsoft says Google Calendar and Contacts support will come to Office 365 customers using Outlook 2016 for Mac. Once the update rolls out to all users, Google Calendar and Contacts support will bring the Mac software up to parity with iOS and Android versions of Outlook for Google service users.
Mar 01, 2017 Today, Outlook 2016 for Mac is adding support for Google Calendar and Contacts—available first to our Office Insider Fast community. We’re excited to be delivering on these highly-requested features for Mac users and matching our Outlook apps for iOS and Android, providing Google Accounts with a more powerful way to stay in control of the day ahead.
Microsoft is planning new email features for Gmail users as well: Up to now, many of Outlook’s best and most advanced email features have only been available to those with an Outlook.com, Office 365 or Exchange email address. With these updates, you will also be able to take advantage of several of Outlook’s advanced features with your Gmail account, including Focused Inbox and richer experiences for travel reservations and package deliveries. Additional advanced features will become available as we roll these updates out more broadly. You can read more about how to access the upcoming changes sooner.
Today’s Outlook news follows the of Touch Bar support across Office apps on new MacBook Pros two weeks ago.
Outlook for Mac (2016) now supports of Google Calendars and Contacts. In contrast, still are supported on Outlook for Mac. Starting with the preview of Outlook 2016 for Mac, version 15.34 (build number 1704419), Outlook for Mac adds improved support for Google Accounts. Furthermore, the setup of a Google Account, both Gmail or G Suite for business, is improved.
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In addition, Outlook for Mac 2016, 15.34 (build number 1704419) is now working seamlessly with Google’s 2-step-verification. The predecessor version 15.33 was not compatible to Google’s 2-step-verification. Outlook for Mac 201615.34previewGmail contacts Outlook for Mac. This allows you to use many of the best features of Mail and Calendar and Outlook 2016 for Mac, which were previously only available to those with Outlook.com, Office 365, or Exchange Server email accounts.
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Note: At this time (April 2017), Outlook 2016 for Mac support of Google Calendar and Contacts is only available to select Insider Fast participants who have an Office 365 subscription. It will be available to all users worldwide later this year. How to sync Google Calendars and Google Contacts with Outlook for Mac. Download the latest (April 2017: version 15.34, build number 17004419).
No purchase required until June 30, 2017. Install Outlook following the instructions. Then open Outlook for Mac. In the pop-up windows, enter your Google Email address. Outlook for Mac will automatically identify your email address as a Gmail address or a G Suite email address.
Sign-in with your Google email and password. If you have activated the 2-step-verification, Outlook for Mac is working with that without any hassle. Give Outlook for Mac the desired permissions. Your Google Email, Google Calendar and Google contacts are now added and synced with Outlook for Mac.
Outlook for Mac 201615.34previewsetting up Gmail account2-step-verification Note: For some better syncing experience between Google calendars and Google contacts I recommend reading this post: Syncing Google Calendars and Google Contacts is added on Outlook for Mac 2016. However, CalDAV and CardDAV support is still not available. Also syncing iCloud calendars and iCloud contacts is missing. Who can understand why Microsoft isn’t willing to add this features to Outlook for mac?
Me not Stay tuned!