This Outlook email update will give your calendar a splash of color

Give your Outlook email calendar a cheerful update

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MicrosoftOutlookusers will soon be able to liven up their work calendars with a bit of color thanks to a new update coming to the service.

An upcoming upgrade will soon allow Outlook web users to customize the color of the events in theircalendar app, letting them not only liven up the view, but also create better distinction and visibility into their working week.

The official entry in theMicrosoft 365 roadmapnotes that users of theemailservice will be able to select custom colors for their calendar events using hexadecimal values, RBG values, or a color picker control.

Outlook update

The update is currently still in the development phase, but Microsoft has pegged it for a release in February 2022. It will only be available to web users to begin with, but may roll out elsewhere soon.

The move brings Outlook up to speed with some of its biggest rivals, withGoogleCalendar already allowing users to set a number of different colors for events.

Microsoft has revealed a number of useful updates for Outlook in the last few months as it looks to further assist those embracing thehybrid workinglifestyle.

This includes a tool that will help users eliminate mistakes from their messages with thelaunch of spelling and grammar checksfor its Outlook on mobile platform.

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Another update will allow workers to set a noticeshowing where they are working, whether that be at home, in the office, or anywhere else.

Google Calendar received a similar feature in August 2021, allowing users to highlight exactly where they would be working, with the options of home, office, or a specific other location.

Users can also create a weekly working location routine if they plan on going into the office on certain days and working remotely on others, which can be updated at any time if plans change. There was no information as to whether Microsoft’s Outlook update will do the same, but we’re hopeful it will.

Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.

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