animation in Outlook iOS
Not supported animation is not supported in Outlook iOS.
Works in 5 of 21 · partial in 1 · not supported in 15
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, HEY Mail, Fastmail
- Partial
- Superhuman
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Thunderbird, Proton Mail, AOL Mail
Your reader in Outlook iOS sees the email without animation, even if it looks right where you tested it.
The fix for Outlook iOS
Replace CSS animation with an animated GIF
<!-- Use an animated GIF for the effect -->
<img src="https://example.com/badge-animated.gif"
width="60" height="24" alt="New!"
style="display: inline-block; border: 0;" />Show the original
<style>
@keyframes pulse { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: 0.5; } }
.badge { animation: pulse 2s infinite; }
</style>
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What Outlook iOS does with animation
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Outlook iOS does not support "animation".
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Questions
- How many email clients support animation?
- It works in 5 of 21, partial in 1, not supported in 15.
- What do I use instead of animation in Outlook iOS?
- Replace CSS animation with an animated GIF.
- Does animation work in Outlook Android?
- animation is not supported in Outlook Android. Closest to Outlook iOS: Outlook Android, which agrees on 270 of the 296 features both are tested on.
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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 10 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 7 Apr 2026 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping