Office everywhere: More great news for Office on iOS and Android

[Guest Julia White]

Last week, we saw the new experiences coming with Windows 10, including how Office universal apps for Windows 10 will deliver new touch scenarios for the smallest devices all the way up to Microsoft Surface Hub. This came on the heels of our recent Office for iPhone release and Office for iPad update, as well as the Preview of Office for Android tablets. These are all important steps toward our goal of bringing the power of Office everywhere – to everyone, on every device.

 

To date, we’ve seen more than 80 million downloads of Office on iPhone and iPad worldwide. The Office apps remain in the Top 10 Best Productivity Apps category with a 4+ rating. Since the Office for Android tablet preview release, these apps have received a tremendous response, earning a 4+ rating. The preview generated more than 250 thousand downloads of the Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps across 33 languages and more than 110 countries, helping us refine and improve the product. This customer feedback has been critical to ensuring a high quality and consistent Office experience across the broad Android ecosystem.

 

With these releases, we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible as we work to reinvent productivity for a mobile-first, cloud-first world — and today, we are making two important announcements that continue this journey.

 

First, we are pleased to announce that we’re removing the “preview” label from our Office for Android apps. As of today, Word for Android tablet, Excel for Android tablet and PowerPoint for Android tablet will be available in the Google Play store as free downloads. These apps join the highly rated OneNote for Android, as well. We are also committed to supporting the Intel chipsets via a native implementation that will be available within a quarter.

 

If you’re a consumer, just download the free apps from the Google Play store and then log in with your Microsoft Account to create files, print and perform day-to-day editing for free. To access premium features, sign up for an Office 365 subscription. If you are a business or organizational user, the Android tablet is now another device on which you can use Office, logging in with your Office 365 business credentials.

 

Word documents look beautiful. The familiar navigation and menu options in the Ribbon are built for a touch experience on the Android platform. No keyboard is required.

 

 

Learn more about the Office for Android release.

 

Also today, we’re pleased to announce our new Outlook for iOS and a preview version of our new Outlook for Android. We have received tremendous customer request for Outlook across all devices, so we are thrilled to fulfill this for our customers.

 

Now, with Outlook, you really can manage your work and personal email on your phone and tablet – as efficiently as you do on your computer. And, because we know that everyone has their own, unique way to manage email, Outlook offers customizable swipes and actions, so you can tailor the experience just the way you like it. Beyond email, the new Outlook app offers integrated calendaring that makes scheduling a meeting or sharing your schedule a single tap away.

 

The new Outlook apps work great with Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and other major email services. Find out more about the Outlook for iOS and Android apps here.

 

For our Acompli users, Outlook will be a familiar experience, as we’re developing the apps from this code base. You will see us continue to rapidly update the Outlook app, delivering on the familiar Outlook experience our customers know and love. To hear more about this journey, check out the Office Blog from new Outlook GM and former CEO of Acompli, Javier Soltero.

 

Outlook for iOS and Android.

 

 

At Microsoft, we are committed to empowering people and organizations achieve more. Today’s releases are another step on this journey. We’re excited about these new experiences and hope our customers are, too. Make sure to download the new apps today and keep the feedback coming. There is more on the horizon as we reimagine the intersection between productivity and mobile experiences. Stay tuned!

 

Download today:

 

• Get the Outlook app for iOS or Android.
  
• Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for Android
  

 

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