Microsoft Office Mobile now available for Android
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 08/01/2013 02:44 PM
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After iPhone users already received a free version of Office Mobile which was available to those who had the cloud-based Office 365 service; Android owners waited patiently for their turn - the wait is now over.
According to the article from USA Today, Microsoft extended a similar benefit to folks with Office 365 subscriptions and Android smartphones. The offering comes at no additional cost to those subscribers, but a typical Office 365 subscription runs $99.99 a year (and lets people use Office on up to 5 PCs and/or Macs).
As with the version for the iPhone, the mobile app is meant to complement Office on a personal computer so it's more Office light than anything else. (The Android version was not available to test in advance.) So, Android owners can access, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on their smartphones or create Word and Excel docs (but not PowerPoint docs) from scratch on those handsets. Outlook is not part of the deal.
The Android version can be downloaded from the Google Play Store, but the app itself is only available for Android phones, not tablets. If you have a tablet, Microsoft recommends you use Office Web Apps instead. Office 365 subscribers can employ Office Mobile for Android on up to 5 phones.
According to the article from USA Today, Microsoft extended a similar benefit to folks with Office 365 subscriptions and Android smartphones. The offering comes at no additional cost to those subscribers, but a typical Office 365 subscription runs $99.99 a year (and lets people use Office on up to 5 PCs and/or Macs).As with the version for the iPhone, the mobile app is meant to complement Office on a personal computer so it's more Office light than anything else. (The Android version was not available to test in advance.) So, Android owners can access, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on their smartphones or create Word and Excel docs (but not PowerPoint docs) from scratch on those handsets. Outlook is not part of the deal.
The Android version can be downloaded from the Google Play Store, but the app itself is only available for Android phones, not tablets. If you have a tablet, Microsoft recommends you use Office Web Apps instead. Office 365 subscribers can employ Office Mobile for Android on up to 5 phones.
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