It’s November and this means a massive cycle of updates from Microsoft. Yesterday, as in Thursday, the big M pushed a plethora of new features to its OneNote software across a broad variety of platforms.
Basically, Microsoft OneNote adds video embeds, new iPhone features and more!
Those who use OneNote Online and OneNote for iOS have the chance to record audio directly into a note from either the web or your usual mobile app. This feature was already available for both the Mac and Windows OneNote app.
However, implementations aren’t similar. If you choose to record or play back audio in a note on an iPhone, or any other iOS-capable product, it blocks everything else on the screen. Meaning, you can use the phone solely for those two actions until you press stop.
OneNote Online is limited to only record audio in 90 seconds portions. This is more than acceptable if you want to record short snippets of somebody’s speech, clearly not sufficient for recording an entire one-hour long lecture.
Unfortunately, neither the OneNote Online or OneNote for iOS are capable of linking notes to positions within the text. It’s a little bit disappointing considering the fact that the Windows and Mac desktop apps can easily do so. Microsoft has noted that it has big plans for iOS – meaning, it wants to improve features and bring new ones. I’m quite hopeful that my iPhone will see improved audio recording, but with no launch date in sight, I’ll just stick to my Android mistress.
Those of us that use the Windows desktop version of OneNote 2016 now have the option to embed videos directly from the web straight into notes – with one simple click of a button called Insert Online Video. Pretty straightforward, right?
The prompted box takes URLs only from Vimeo, YouTube and Office Mix. Sorry, no love for PornHub apparently.
Microsoft is looking to bring this feature to its other platforms – Mac, Android, iOS and its specially designed mobile app for Windows 10. Also, to OneNote Online, which seems to get the short end of the stick every single time.
iPhone 6S and 6S Plus owners have an unique feature designed just for Apple’s OS platform. By using the 3D Touch feature, users can quickly access OneNote’s note creation tools.
By hard pressing down on the OneNote icon, a menu will materialize and users can choose between – recently accessed notes, new photo note and new note.
Microsoft is directly competing with search engine behemoth Google and Evernote. The three are struggling to gain the title of – Best place for ideas and thoughts.
Do you think Microsoft can do it? Or does Google and Evernote have better chances?
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