How to get Microsoft’s Outlook.com beta right now
Microsoft unveiled a new Outlook.com beta yesterday, complete with a refreshed search interface and plenty of GIFs. While the software giant is planning to roll this out in stages, it appears that not many people are seeing the opt-in “try the beta” toggle yet. If you’re still waiting, there’s actually a quick trick to get in early:
- Load up Outlook.com in a browser as normal
- Once loaded, navigate to the address part and replace the /owa/ section with /mail/ instead
It’s as simple as that, and it will even work if you’re an Outlook Premium subscriber. You’ll start to see the “try the beta” toggle as a result, but it won’t stick if you reload Outlook.com. You’ll have to manually edit the URL each time, as even navigating directly to the h…
