Microsoft's Outlook app gains Android Wear support

Smartwatches cannot do much on their own, but with some apps they can quickly be turned into useful gadgets. The good news is that major developers are paying attention to this market, slowly adding support for the two main platforms: Apple Watch and Android Wear.

In the case of Outlook, Microsoft's popular email client for Android and iOS, support for Apple Watch arrived first, in August of last year, and now it is the turn of Android Wear to receive the same treatment. Here is what you need to know.

Android Wear support is introduced through an Outlook for Android app update, which ups the version number to 2.0.57. The changes that have been introduced in this latest version appear to only relate to Android Wear support, based on Microsoft's description.

"This week, we're bringing the best of Outlook to Android Wear. Stop reaching out for your phone, everything is now happening on your watch", Microsoft says. "Check your Outlook notifications, read your new emails and reply with pre-set messages or voice dictation right from your wrist. It's never been that easy to manage your inbox".

The app will let you focus on the content, and help you quickly manage messages from your Android Wear device. For more advanced things, you will have to pull out your Android smartphone, as you might expect.

If you want to grab Outlook, the app can be downloaded from Google Play or by clicking here.