<p>On Monday, Microsoft launched a number of features that should dramatically improve the usefulness of its Outlook Web app, including an Outlook Web app for Android and a "decluttering" tool for your inbox.</p><p>Specifically, Microsoft announced a "clutter" tool, OWA for Android, and new, streamlined collaborative editing tools that tie the Office Web apps like Word directly into the email experience. Microsoft also said it extended the concept of its Yammer groups across Office 365, into Outlook as well. All are coming "later this year," Microsoft said.</p><p>Microsoft made the announcements at its Microsoft Exchange Conference, taking place in the days before its Build developer conference launches later this week.</p><p>"There is no denying that businesses depend on email more than any other digital communication medium," Steve Chew, a product manager for Exchange," wrote in a blog post. "The downside of email's popularity is that people receive so much of it that they often experience inbox overload and email fatigue. Email is also a highly versatile tool, so it gets used in situations where it is not the optimal one, like when people collaborate on a document by emailing multipleand often conflictingversions around. Lastly, email makes it easy for people to have private conversations, but these conversations don't provide visibility to people outside of the recipients who could benefit or contribute."</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2137266/microsoft-launches-outlook-app-for-android-declutters-your-inbox.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-announces-outlook-web-app-for-android/">Microsoft announces Outlook Web App for Android</a> (VentureBeat)</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-launches-android-outlook-web-app-for-office-365-and-exchange-7000027927/">Microsoft launches Android Outlook Web App for Office 365 and Exchange</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/microsoft-announces-outlook-web-app-for-android-details-some-features-502968">Microsoft announces Outlook Web App for Android, details some features</a> (NDTV)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dObE95Rh6TdpRdMcdY_Bg84zVOMOM&authuser=0&ned=us">29 additional articles.</a></p>