So I've been all-in on Microsoft services and they've come a long way since this post.
Browser: Edge is great for both iOS and Windows!
Email: Outlook mobile is a great app on iOS. I use a PWA of Outlook on my Windows laptop.
Calendar: Outlook email calendar has all the features of Google's calendar. However, I just wish it was available as a separate app.
Office: Office 365 is great, always has been.
Cloud backup: OneDrive, since I pay for 365 I have 1TB of cloud storage for 6 family members. This has been a lifesaver!
Music: lol well we all know what happened to Microsoft in that area. I use Spotify for music.
ToDo: is one of my favorite Microsoft apps. Don't use/waste paper, I love the minimal interface, syncs with my iPhone and Windows laptop.
News: Microsoft News, Sports, and Money. I'm not so crazy about them. They've come a long way and I've grown used to using them and it shows me what I want. I just don't like the flow or layout of the stories. I like how Google News shows everything. But it's the same stuff. I've experimented with both and I'm getting the same content shown to me.
Misc:
- Yammer, is pretty neat but that's for work and even then I find myself using it a lot to stay up on certain groups and just information with work and interaction on it.
- Teams: I work from home now because of Covid. I mostly use Teams on my work laptop. However, there have been several times when having it on my phone was a lifesaver (IT issues with work laptop) and just keeping up with work situations via Teams.
- Xbox: Xbox Game Pass and Xbox app. I use this a lot to manage my account and my kids along with communicating with them to be quiet when they're yelling "let's go!" ugh smh lol.
- Microsoft Translator: the layout isn't as nice as Googles but it gets the job done just fine.
- Microsoft Authenticator: I use it for work not personally. I would if it could sync across devices as Authy does.
- Microsoft Lens: I use this app a lot. I used to scan paperwork (bills, letters, quotes, etc.) into PDFs to save on my laptop. Now I just use this app and it's more convenient than pulling out the scanner.
- Bing iOS search app. It's neat and I'll use it every now and then to see what the feed shows me. But I just use Edge.
So how have other's experiences with Microsoft services been?