A news that we already knew for a few months when Microsoft announced that it was closing one of the best calendar apps we've had in recent years. An app that surprised everyone, was bought by a large company, as happened recently with Swiftkey, and has finally been closed after a short period. Something sad.
From the blog itself, Sunrise has released a statement indicating that the entire Sunrise team has now been moved to work in Outlook for iOS and Android. Different products but with the same objective: to make everyday life easier for users with a calendar app, whatever its name.
Being fully focused on Outlook, you cannot offer the necessary support or update Sunrise accordingly. Without new features or bug fixes, there's no reason to leave her alive almost like a walker from The Walking Dead.
It is for the same reason that on August 31 will officially close the app and they will stop working together as the team had done until today. Now his goal is to bring that great effort and magic of Sunrise to Outlook apps with all those features that made the app stand out that it will cease to exist in summer.
From his blog thank all users who have used the application on a daily basis and without them would have been unable to continue working on it, receiving great feedback and encouraging them to solve those bugs, at the same time that they have participated in its success by sharing the app with their relatives.
A team that enter another ship with another destination and that he will navigate other waters to try to bring the spirit of Sunrise to Outlook.