Microsoft's Send app allows users to have quick chats with iPhone users

• Free iPhone app allows users to send quick messages to colleagues
• Coming soon to Windows Phone and Android phones
• No signatures or subject lines, and integrates with Outlook email systems

By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:58 GMT, 22 July 2015 | Updated: 20:38 GMT, 22 July 2015

Microsoft has revealed a new app designed to let users chat without having to send email.

Set to compete against Facebook's Messenger, WhatsApp and the plethora of other services, Microsoft hopes the Send app will appeal to users of its Office software.

So far the app has only been released as a free iPhone app, but other platforms are expected to follow it it is a success.

The new app is available as a free iPhone download, assuming users have an Office 365 account.

'Sometimes you just need to send a quick, short note to your co-worker,' the firm said.

'Of course, you can use Outlook for this, but today we’re launching a new app through the Microsoft Garage that is built specifically for those brief, snappy communicationsâ€"Send, designed for in-and-out email.'

Send is available for iPhone in the U.S. and Canada, and is coming soon to Windows Phone and Android phones. 

The app works for people with Office 365 business and school email accounts, and is set to be opened up to everyone later is the year.

Microsoft says it hopes the app will be even simpler than text messaging.

'While tools like text messaging and IM are great for short messages, you often don’t have your co-worker’s cell phone number or an IM app on your work phone. 

'And we’ve heard loud and clear from people at work, they want all their communications available in Outlookâ€"even if they send them from other apps. This is where Send comes in! '

The app works for people with Office 365 business and school email accounts, and is set to be opened up to everyone later is the year.

Rather than a full email, Send gives a simple, quick text message-like experience - but work with office email directories and is saved as a conversation in Outloook.

'These are the sort of quick emails you send to the people you care about at workâ€"your boss, your teammates, and sometimes partners or customers outside your organization. 

'You’re usually busy or on the go when you send them, and Send is specifically designed for this get-in get-out scenario.' 

With Send, there are no signatures or subject lines, and it doesn’t show all your emails, just the ones started in the app, keeping you in control.

 

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