New Windows 10 mail app has been leaked

Earlier we mentioned that Microsoft decided to cut off the mail and calendar applications pre-installed on the Windows 10 system, and instead develop progressive web applications instead.

In other words, the client version will be abandoned to allow users to use the web version, and this new version is a progressive web application and therefore has some offline storage capabilities.

According to the leaked message, Microsoft hopes to integrate more services through this new application and allow users to easily access mail services on any platform.

At present, this new project named Project Monarch has been leaked in advance. What is a bit embarrassing is that it is no different from the client version from the interface.

Although the project is still under development, users on Twitter can already access this service. From the screenshots, this is a browser-based progressive web application.

Spent some time investigating the "#Monarch", also known as #OneOutlook client — and how it functions. Got the actual client working and seems like it's in the early stages of development, yet it has some cool integrations&features. Let's give MSFT some peace to develop it 😄 pic.twitter.com/XNLqUj5TDf

— Jesse Mikael Järvi (@jessejarvi) January 6, 2021

Netizens said that this version is actually more like a web application encapsulated based on HTML5 technology, and the functionality is no different from the pre-installed version of the current system.

The difference may be that this type of web application can run on all operating systems, and it can provide compatible access as long as a modern browser is installed.

This is also the only thing that the pre-installed mail application of Windows 10 cannot do. Microsoft may also want to unify the experience and reduce the maintenance cost of different platforms.

Microsoft hopes that this One Outlook service can also become an access portal for Microsoft 365 because the web version makes it easier to integrate various services.

Web applications have the benefits of web applications, but the client version also has the advantages of the client version, so many users complained when Microsoft was about to take down the client version. If Microsoft wants to develop a web version of the application, it is actually possible, but it is better not to cut off the client.