Microsoft announced a new Android Wear version of its mobile Outlook mail and calendar app. This isn't just a way to check emails or look at your schedule by tapping your wrist. Microsoft designed this version of Outlook to be a watch face, so it can stay surfaced on your smartwatch screen at all times. Features include getting a glance at your daily events, seeing inbox notifications, and interacting with messages as you would on an Android phone from the smartwatch's default screen.
Microsoft first brought Outlook to wearables with an Apple Watch version last August. That watchOS-tailored software is quite limited, however, as Microsoft can't take advantage of certain core Apple Watch features and screen real estate. With Android Wear, the company has quite a bit more leeway. Because it's a watch face and not just a smartwatch app, the clock stays front and center at all times.
