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1. OUTLOOK CONTACT GROUPS NOT SHOWING UP ON ANDROID APP UPDATE
2. OUTLOOK CONTACT GROUPS NOT SHOWING UP ON ANDROID APP DOWNLOAD

In essence I am syncing calendar events through BOTH Gmail (android settings) and the Outlook app. I had to turn off calendar notifications, though, or else I'd get two. This means I can read emails (and check outlook events if I want) in Outook. I then went into the Outlook app and set the account up in there *as well*. Since I don't want to read my emails in Gmail, I tapped the account in Users & accounts and turned off Sync for emails. This makes emails appear in gmail and events in google calendar. I selected Exchange, and went through the settings to create an exchange account - effectively in Gmail. So to do this, I went into Settings > Users & accounts > Add account but for my calendar I want both work and personal in the same place so I can see conflicts.) What I wanted to achieve was to read emails in Outlook, but have the Outlook calendar events appear in the Google Calendar app (I like to have my emails separated into "Work" (outlook) and "Personal" (Gmail/Inbox). It look longer than I hoped, but I now feel confident recommending Android users to use the Outlook App without hesitation.With my Pixel 2, I found that creating the account in the Outlook app does not make the account appear in the Settings > Accounts area. Thank you to Microsoft for listening and making this change. Same for making edits to existing contacts. I also tested adding a new contact from the Outlook App’s People list and it worked just as fast. The new contact that I added via my phone’s native contact list did appear in my  web interface almost immediately (after I remembered to perform a refresh of the webpage). However, I was skeptical so I decided to take a moment today to test it out. My workaround at the time was to write down a person’s name and phone number in OneNote until I had a chance to get to a computer.įortunately, we have good news! We can add and edit contacts right from Outlook on iOS and Android.

OUTLOOK CONTACT GROUPS NOT SHOWING UP ON ANDROID APP UPDATE

In the past, the only workaround was to log into in your web browser on your computer and add or edit a contact from the web interface. Changes made from the web interface sync almost instantaneously to the phone, which was fantastic, however, having to wait until you get to a computer to update your phone contacts doesn’t cut it for me.

OUTLOOK CONTACT GROUPS NOT SHOWING UP ON ANDROID APP DOWNLOAD

When you get a new phone, all you have to do is download the Outlook app and log back in to re-populate your phone with your contact list. Why would you save a contact to Outlook? By saving your contacts to the Microsoft Cloud, you do not lose your contacts if you lose or damage your phone or SIM card. There was no Add Contact or Edit Contact buttons built into the Outlook App which further confused users.

The same thing would happen for edits made to contacts stored in Outlook.

The contact in question would actually disappear into the upside down without warning. However, it would in fact not save the contact to Outlook. In the past, if you added a new contact from within the phone’s native Contacts App, and select Outlook as your storage location (versus Phone storage, SIM card storage, or Google storage), it will appear to save the contact. If you own an Android Phone and use the Outlook App for email, contacts, and calendars, you may be aware that adding new contacts to your Outlook Contacts via the Android phone did not work for a very long time (i.e. Well it took a long time, but the feature I’ve been wishing for over two years is finally here.Īndroid phone users can finally add new contacts and edit existing contacts in the Outlook App without issue!