Apr 13, 2017 Microsoft has begun inviting Mac users to try its new Google Calendar and Contacts support in Outlook 2016 by downloading and installing the application from its preview site. Up until now, many of.
Last month, we announced that we’re bringing major improvements to how Google Accounts work in Outlook 2016 for Mac—including an improved setup experience and Google Calendar and Contacts support. We’re excited to be delivering on these highly requested features for Mac users—matching Outlook for iOS and Android—by providing Google Accounts with a more powerful way to stay in control of the day ahead. These updates are currently available to our Office Insider Fast community, and we’ve been excited by the response we’ve seen.
However, we still need some additional feedback before making these updates broadly available. Today, we are announcing a worldwide preview of these features that will run until June 30, 2017. During this time, anyone can install the earliest Outlook for Mac Preview build and help us test the new Google Account experience. You will have access to the same experience as our Insider Fast community—without the requirement of being an existing Office 365 customer.
Getting the Outlook for Mac Preview is simple—just visit the preview website and click the Download button.
What should I do if I’m already an Outlook for Mac user?
If you are already using Outlook as part of Office 365, this preview isn’t for you. Existing users can get access to the new Google Account features, and all the latest Outlook innovations, simply by joining our Insider Fast community. Just open Outlook, click Help > Check for Updates and then follow these directions.
What if I don’t use Outlook for Mac?
This preview is for you! To try Outlook for Mac with your Google Account and test drive the new updates, visit our preview website and click the Download button. This will install the latest preview version of Outlook 2016 for Mac, which you can use until June 30, 2017. You will receive the same builds and weekly updates as our Insider Fast community. As you use the new features, check out this list of known issues and share your feedback by going to Help > Contact Support in Outlook.
Why stop there? Install Outlook for iOS and connect your Google Account to get the same, rich Outlook experience on your Mac, iPad and iPhone. Your Gmail will get better with advanced features like Focused Inbox and richer experiences for travel reservations and package deliveries.
Once the preview is over, you can become an Office 365 customer to continue getting all the latest features and innovation in Outlook and Office for your Mac and iPhone. Just go to Outlook menu and select Subscription Options.
Make your voice heard!
Got a suggestion for how to improve Outlook for Mac? Please suggest and vote on future feature ideas on our Outlook for Mac UserVoice page.
—The Outlook team
Microsoft today announced that it’s adding support for syncing Google Calendar and Google Contacts in Outlook 2016 for Mac. The highly requested feature will become available to people who take the fast preview builds through the Office Insider program over the next few weeks. It will become available to all Office 365 subscribers later this year.
“The experience will be very similar to what you are familiar with in Outlook today, with support for all the core actions — such as add, delete, edit time and location. All changes will update back and forth with Gmail or Outlook for iOS and Android, so everything is in sync across all your devices,” the Outlook team said in a blog post.
This will be in addition to Outlook’s existing support for Gmail — but Microsoft is now enhancing what’s possible with email from Gmail in Outlook for Mac.
“With these updates, you will also be able to take advantage of several of Outlook’s advanced features with your Gmail account, including Focused Inbox and richer experiences for travel reservations and package deliveries,” the Outlook team said. Focused Inbox is a feature Microsoft picked up through its 2014 Acompli acquisition — Microsoft has since put it in more places, including most recently the standard-issue Mail app for Windows 10. Richer functionality for certain kinds of emails has also become available on more Microsoft properties.
On the Windows side, Google does offer the G Suite Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GSSMO), but it’s not currently available for Mac, nor can legacy Google Apps Free edition users take advantage of it. That said, you can import a snapshot of your Google Calendar to Outlook for Windows or subscribe to it.
Microsoft Outlook 2016 Mac Google Calendar Download
Meanwhile Microsoft will be enhancing the Outlook 2016 for Mac with support for the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar “soon.”
Microsoft Outlook 2016 Mac Google Calendar 2017
Update on April 12: Microsoft said today that while Google Account support is now available to people in the Office Insider program, people who don’t participate in that program and don’t already have Outlook for Mac can now try the new integration for the email and calendar app through a preview that will be available until June 30. You can download the preview here.