How do you share your free times from Outlook on your phone? Send Availability is back

Microsoft restored Send Availability in Outlook for iPhone and Android: inside a reply, tap the calendar icon, pick your free slots, and drop them into the email. No setup needed — here is the exact flow.

You are standing in a parking lot, phone in hand, typing “I’m free Tuesday at…” into an email for the fourth time this week because the first three tries went nowhere. Short answer: Stop typing it out. Microsoft has restored Send Availability in Outlook for iPhone and Android — live worldwide as of the October 12 report — with no admin setup and nothing you need to turn on.

Instead of listing your free times by hand, you check your schedule inside the reply you are already writing, pick the open slots that suit you, and drop them straight into the email for the other person to choose from. Microsoft had removed the feature in July 2026 while simplifying mobile email, and brought it back after pushback from people who schedule meetings all day. iPhone users can also reach it through the on-screen keyboard, and it works with VoiceOver for accessibility.1. Update the Outlook app first.

If you do not see the feature, an outdated app is the usual reason — install the latest version before you go hunting.2. Open or start a reply. Send Availability lives inside the email you are already answering.3.

Tap the calendar icon, then choose Send Availability. Your schedule opens right inside Outlook — no switching apps.4. Select one or more free slots.

Pick times across multiple days if that helps, then drop them into the email and send it.5. Offer a few slots, not just one. Two or three choices get a meeting booked faster than a single take-it-or-leave-it time.6.

Double-check the time zone. When the other person is somewhere else, confirm the times shown are the times you actually meant before sending.Pro tip: The common mistake is sending availability from a calendar you have not looked at. Glance at those days once more — one forgotten hold makes for an awkward double-booking.Ad’s take: This is a small feature that saves real minutes every single day, and I am glad the folks who schedule for a living spoke up.

Typing out your free times by hand is officially a chore of the past.