{"id":338790,"date":"2017-04-20T02:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1478824"},"modified":"2017-04-20T02:38:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:38:58","slug":"microsoft-to-shut-down-wunderlist-in-favor-of-its-new-app-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/microsoft-to-shut-down-wunderlist-in-favor-of-its-new-app-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft acquired<\/a> the popular mobile to do list application Wunderlist back in 2015, and now it\u2019s preparing users for its eventual demise with the release of its new application \u201cTo-Do,\u201d announced<\/a> today. The new app was built by the team behind Wunderlist, and will bring in the favorite elements of that app in the months ahead, Microsoft says. The company also added that it won\u2019t shut down Wunderlist until it\u2019s confident that it has \u201cincorporated the best of Wunderlist into To-Do.\u201d<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re hoping Wunderlist will get some sort of reprieve, Microsoft makes its forthcoming demise pretty clear. Stating its plans in black-and-white: \u201cwe will retire Wunderlist,\u201d it\u00a0says in a blog post. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In the meantime, Microsoft is encouraging Wunderlist users to make the switch by offering an importer<\/a> that will bring in your lists and to-dos from Wunderlist into To-Do, where those items will now be available in other Microsoft products, like Exchange and Outlook.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft\u2019s plans for To-Do were previously leaked, when the company was found to be testing a new app, then under the codename Project Cheshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the time of the leaks, that\u00a0was a fairly bare bones to-do app that let users create lists, add items, set reminders, and sync lists across platforms. The only interesting feature was that it was able to offer suggestions of tasks\u00a0to add to a list \u2013 something that has now transformed into To-Do\u2019s \u201cIntelligent Suggestions\u201d feature.<\/p>\n

According to Microsoft\u2019s announcement, To-Do starts you off in a screen called \u201cMy Day\u201d which offers a list of items that need to get done today. You can customize this list\u00a0further by accessing the \u201cIntelligent Suggestions\u201d feature \u2013 available with a tap on the lightbulb icon \u2013 which will offer suggestions of things you may want to add to your list.<\/p>\n

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For example, if there was something you didn\u2019t get done yesterday, but perhaps should have, that could appear as a task\u00a0suggestion. As Microsoft explains it, you\u2019ll also be able to review to-do\u2019s from the day before as well as view what\u2019s due and other upcoming tasks, via this feature.<\/p>\n

More importantly \u2013 to Microsoft, at least \u2013 is that To-Do has been built to integrate with Microsoft Office. The app is built on Office 365, and its first integration is in Microsoft Outlook. Your Outlook Tasks will sync with To-Do, so you can access and manage them across your devices.<\/p>\n

To-Do\u2019s data is also encrypted in transit and at rest for added security. The Preview version of To-Do is available today for I.T. admins to enable through the Office 365 admin center, and is available on\u00a0iPhone<\/a>, Android<\/a>, Windows<\/a> and the web<\/a>\u00a0for consumers.<\/p>\n

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ZDNet clarified with Microsoft<\/a> that the app is not just<\/em> for Office 365 users, as the original blog post about the launch seemed to imply. Instead, anyone with a Microsoft account can use To-Do, even if they don\u2019t have an Office 365 plan, the company confirmed.<\/p>\n

The To-Do app is not ready at this point to meet the needs of all\u00a0Wunderlist users, however. As many users realized, some platforms do not yet support To-Do, including Mac, iPad and Android tablet. List sharing is also not available. But Microsoft says these will roll out in time along with other integrations with Microsoft services.<\/p>\n

A Microsoft employee in the comments section of the original blog post even offered some enthusiasm towards users\u2019 requests for Amazon Alexa integrations, which could be interesting. And they\u00a0noted that support for Work accounts would arrive on To-Do on the web in the coming weeks, and gave the timeframe towards the iPad app as the \u201ccoming months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Microsoft acquired the popular mobile to do list application Wunderlist back in 2015, and now it’s preparing users for its eventual demise with the release of its new application “To-Do,” announced today. The new app was built by the team behind Wunderlist, and will bring in the favorite elements of that app in the months ahead, Microsoft says. The company also added that… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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