16 TECH ADVISOR • FEBRUARY 2020MICROSOFT IGNITE EVENT
Cortana’s daily briefing, and even improved Message
Recall. What’s significant is that many of those new
features are coming to the Outlook mobile app, too.
One of the highlights of Microsoft’s Inspire
keynotes may be Play My Emails, reminiscent of the
smarter, context-aware Cortana shown off in May. This
new feature appears to be constrained to Outlook,
however, specifically Outlook for iOS, and went live for
iOS on 4 November.
Microsoft described Play My Emails as a “voice-
forward feature that intelligently reads out your email
and shares changes to your day – ideal for commuting
or multitasking – helping you get time back so you
can focus on other things”. You’ll be able to reply to
emails with simple voice commands and easily navigate
messages with new, larger tap targets optimized forWill mobile Outlook ever be
as smart of Microsoft’s Cortana
demo made it out to be?16 TECH ADVISOR • FEBRUARY 2020MICROSOFT IGNITE EVENT
Cortana’s daily briefing, and even improved Message
Recall. What’s significant is that many of those new
features are coming to the Outlook mobile app, too.
One of the highlights of Microsoft’s Inspire
keynotes may be Play My Emails, reminiscent of the
smarter, context-aware Cortana shown off in May. This
newfeatureappearstobeconstrainedtoOutlook,
however,specifically Outlook for iOS, and went live for
iOS on 4 November.
Microsoft described Play My Emails as a “voice-
forward feature that intelligently reads out your email
and shares changes to your day – ideal for commuting
or multitasking – helping you get time back so you
can focus on other things”. You’ll be able to reply to
emails with simple voice commands and easily navigate
messages with new, larger tap targets optimized forWill mobile Outlook ever be
as smart of Microsoft’s Cortana
demo made it out to be?