Software giant, Microsoft is finalizing plans to incorporate Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar into its Outlook.com webmail client.
The software company has started testing this integration on some accounts recently. After a few quick setup processes, a user simply links a Google Account to an Outlook.com account, and Gmail, Drive documents, and Google Calendar will all be automatically displayed inside Outlook.com on the web.
According to reports, the new integration looks similar to how Outlook for iOS and Android work, with separate inboxes and side-by-side integration in the calendar.
Though Microsoft has not rolled out the feature, a Twitter User, Florian whose account was updated with the integration reveals that it seems to be an early test as you can’t add more than one Google Account, and switching between Outlook and Gmail accounts refreshes the entire page.
The Google Drive integration supports documents and files from Google’s service so you can quickly attach them to Outlook or Gmail emails.
However, it’s not clear how many Outlook.com users will get access to this, or when Microsoft will roll this out more broadly.
While most people would simply visit Gmail for their mail, this new Outlook integration could be useful for those who use a personal Outlook.com account and a G Suite email account for work.
