Sunrise Calendar into the sunset: stop from August 31, diverted resources on Microsoft Outlook

From sunrise to sunset. It can be briefly described in these terms the life cycle of Sunrise (literally 'dawn') Calendar as it prepares to say goodbye to the base of Android users and iOS that have appreciated over time. Sunrise Calendar, one of the most complete app for mobile devices, will no longer be supported as of 31 August. The decision was formalized by the developers in a post published in recent hours in the official blog.

The developer company was acquired by Microsoft in early 2015, he has begun to work closely with the staff of the Redmond to enhance Office products, while continuing, in the following months, to keep updated the official client of Sunrise Calendar for Android and iOS and the desktop version. The news does not arrive in a totally unexpected, given that evidence to this effect had emerged by looking at the pace of the mobile client updates increasingly expanded over time (eg. The last update of the iOS client goes back to July 2015).

We are no longer able to provide support and upgrades in Sunrise. No new functionality. Nothing bugfixes .. For this reason, we will remove the Sunrise store apps in a few days. August 31, officially will close the application that will stop working.

From late August, then the app, even if installed on Android and iOS devices, can no longer be used. The alternatives are not lacking, but he had appreciated the work done by the theme of development will have to start taking into account the use of the Outlook app, since the efforts of developers will focus on their empowerment.

We are working hard to bring the '' Sunrise magic in the Outlook app, with all the most popular features, regarding the calendars, the icons of the appointments and calendar app.

Pull the plug on Sunrise Calendar is justified from the point of view that Microsoft manages firsthand the resources allocated to the development team following the acquisition. Eliminate duplication of services and related products, channeling the Sunrise team know-how in Outllook, results in an optimization of available resources and prevent release of the installed base.