Microsoft is Reportedly Developing a new Chat and Email App for iPhone Users

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According to a fresh report coming from well-connected Mary Jo Foley with the Zdnet publication, it seems that Microsoft is reportedly developing a new smartphone chat app for iPhone users. The app is said to work as an accompaniment for Microsoft's Outlook inbox app and is designed to offer "fast, fluid, natural conversations," with "no subject lines, salutations, or signatures."

Among its features, the app will also allow for quick communication with email contacts outside of your regular email inbox. Here's how the leaked text describing the app sounds like:

"Use Flow with anyone, it's email: Reach anyone with an email address and all conversations for you and others are also in Outlook. Together, you can use Flow and Outlook interchangeably to participate in the same conversations.

Fast, fluid, natural conversations: No subject lines, salutations, or signatures. Flow is designed for fast, light-weight conversations in real time. Focus on what's important: Only conversations started in Flow and their replies show up in Flow, not your whole inbox. Focus on your most important person-to-person conversations without the noise."

Flow allows users to start a conversation with anyone with an email address and continue the exchange later in Outlook. Furthermore, any email exchanges not started in Flow will be hidden in the app. Since it's a 'light app', Flow is said to lack usual features such as signatures, salutations and subject lines in favor of a more 'fluid' interface.

Source: Zdnet