Outlook.com gains sharing support for Google Drive and Facebook

Microsoft is continuing to add new features and functionality to Outlook.com.

In addition to the integrated OneDrive support, the software giant added Box and Dropbox sharing to its webmail service earlier in the year, and today it makes sharing even more useful with the addition of support for Google Drive and Facebook.

If you have files stored in Google Drive you can now attach them to Outlook.com messages. Just tap the attachment icon, select Google Drive from the options, and connect your Google account. You can then browse and select your files from either a list view or thumbnails.

This feature has been available in the iOS and Android apps for a while, but is now finally available for the web version.

As well as being able to attach items stored in Google Drive, you can now open Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets that you receive directly within Outlook, and even edit them -- provided you have permission.

Outlook.com also gains the ability to share photos from Facebook. Click the attachment icon, and connect your Facebook account. You’ll then be able to browse and select 'Photos of me', or 'My photos'. Perfect for sharing Facebook pictures with those friends or family members not on the social network.

Microsoft has also made it easier to find attachments in long email threads. Just click the new attachment icon and select the one you want from the drop-down list.

Since this is Microsoft we’re talking about, and not Google, the new additions won’t be available to all immediately. Instead they will be "rolled out" over the coming weeks.