{"id":391342,"date":"2026-04-14T10:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/391342\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:13:16","slug":"microsofts-outlook-lite-app-is-shutting-down-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/391342\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Outlook Lite app is shutting down next month."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Apr 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s Outlook Lite app is shutting down next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft first launched Outlook Lite as a smaller app for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/2\/23288708\/microsoft-outlook-lite-android-app-available\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android devices in 2022<\/a>, at the height of an industry focus on lightweight mobile apps. It was designed to be faster, use less battery, and work well across 2G and 2G networks. <a href=\"https:\/\/mc.merill.net\/message\/MC1276508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft now says<\/a> it will fully retire Outlook Lite on May 25th, disabling mailbox access but still allowing the app to launch. It\u2019s time to switch to the regular Outlook app if you\u2019re still relying on Outlook Lite.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kqz8fh1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/outlooklite.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"996\" data-pswp-width=\"1771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Outlook Lite was a lightweight app for Android.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/outlooklite.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outlook Lite was a lightweight app for Android. 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