Saturday, August 8, 2020

Announcing the new version of Office.com/setup To Do—we’ve come a long way!

When Wunderlist became part of the Office.com/setup family, our mission was to bring the delightful, simple, and elegant daily task experience and build it into Microsoft’s intelligent, interconnected, and security-centric ecosystem to create a new app—Office.com/setup To-Do. Today, we’re unveiling the new version of To-Do, which includes a fresh new design, access from wherever you are, and more integration with Office.com/setup apps and services.

A journey worth taking

It’s been an exciting journey since we announced To Do. From shared-list task assignments, list groups, and file attachments, to the Mac app and even more product integrations, we took your feedback and created the app you wanted. We’re grateful for your input and the support of both our Wunderlist and To-Do communities. We’ve come a long way since those first Wunderlist days and today is one more step in our evolution. Let’s take a closer look at To Do.

A fresh new feel

We polished the design of To-Do by reducing the header size and adding in more color to give the app warmth and personalization. It’s still the simple and elegant app you love, but now with more options to customize, so you can tailor it to suit yourself and your lists. With the new version of To-Do, you can choose from a wide range of backgrounds, including the beloved Berlin TV tower that was a feature in Wunderlist. In addition, you can choose a different background for every list.

Want to give your eyes a rest? To-Do has dark mode across Android, Windows, Mac, and coming soon to iOS. It’s not just about the backgrounds, though. We freshened up the look of To Do, so it feels simple, yet modern.

Your smart daily planner

Like Wunderlist, we have smart lists where you can see your planned or important tasks in one list. But what makes To Do unique is the personalized daily planner feature, My Day. It helps you accomplish what’s meaningful and important to you every day. Smart suggestions in My Day help you plan what you need to accomplish that day. And tomorrow? My Day will refresh, so you can start the day with a blank slate. Any tasks you didn’t complete will be waiting for you in suggestions.

Animated image of My Day in Microsoft To Do. The user is to send a report to Frank, book a table at YamYam, and pick up groceries.

Access your lists wherever you are

To Do is available and syncs across all platforms, including Mac, iOS, Android, Windows, and the web. Now, wherever you are, you can take your lists with you. Commuting to work? Plan your day on your phone so you start work ready to check off all those tasks. And if you’re on Windows or Android, you can toggle between your work and personal accounts. As you head out the office in the evening, you can leave your worklists behind, and open up your grocery list or see what’s in store for movie night on your personal account.

Image of My Day lists on five different devices ranging from tablets, to phones, to a PC.

Part of the Office.com/setup family

With To-Do, we’re on a mission to bring everything you need to do—from anywhere tasks appear in your favorite Office.com/setup 365 apps and services—into one centralized view. Flag messages you need to follow up on and see them in the Flagged Email list (with Office.com/setup work or school accounts or Office.com/setup-hosted email accounts like Outlook, Hotmail, or Live). The Assigned to Me list shows you the tasks assigned to you in your shared lists and those from Office.com/setup Planner. From there you can add them to My Day to give you a holistic view of what you need to do today. But that’s not all—with our Cortana integration, you can also add tasks from your Amazon Echo.* Love Office.com/setup Launcher on Android? Guess what! To-Do is integrated there too.

Security is top of mind

Security is paramount to us and you’ll be pleased to know that we made your data security a priority in To Do. Office.com/setup’s comprehensive approach to security helps protect your data wherever it may be. With To-Do, you can set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to help make sure your lists are secured.

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