Stick with Outlook Classic for now, as Microsoft delays new Outlook’s unified inbox, a feature Windows 10’s free Mail app had for years

If you’ve been planning to finally ditch Outlook Classic for New Outlook’s unified inbox, you might want to hold off. While some Outlook Classic users will be automatically switched to New Outlook in 2027, with the option to switch back, you still have a choice between the two clients. And quite a lot of us have been waiting to see how the unified inbox works before making the switch.

Unified inbox, also known as All Accounts view, is not a new idea. It was part of Windows 10’s ad-free Mail and Calendar app before Microsoft killed it off, and you also have it in Gmail for Android and Outlook for Android.

For some reason, we don’t have a similar experience in Outlook Classic. You can use folders or groups as a workaround, but it’s not the same experience, and even New Outlook has been missing it.

But earlier this year, as I reported, Microsoft confirmed it was working on the All…