Microsoft Office for iPhone Preview Update Is Live with New Features

Microsoft Office remains the preferred productivity suite on the desktop, but at the same time, Microsoft is also pushing hard to improve its adoption on the desktop too. So the company keeps working on new capabilities for iPhone and Android, and this week, it started testing a bunch of new features for Apple mobile users. A couple of improvements are now available in the latest Office for iOS testing build, and one of them is a so-called car mode available for Outlook. “Car mode is a full screen experience designed to improve the PME experience for onboarded users while driving. Car mode auto launches when auto play is turned on. You must also open Outlook and not do anything for 4 seconds for Car mode to launch automatically,” Microsoft explains. In addition, Outlook for iOS now comes with smart compose, which means the app can now suggest words and phrases as you compose messages. Accepting a suggestion is as easy as swiping. These two improvements are part ...