SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Office for Android came out for tablets in January, but the app suite is available for Android smartphones starting today.
Microsoft’s corporate vice president for the Office Client Applications and Services team announced in a blog post.
The post reads, “Today I’m pleased to announce the general availability of the new Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for Android phone. These join our previously released Office apps for Android tablets to complete the Office experience for the millions of Android users around the world. Download Word, Excel and PowerPoint on your Android phone today to get started.”
It must be noted that for a long time Microsoft has left Android phones in the mobile productivity ghetto.
While iPhone and Windows Phone users and those with all kinds of tablets have enjoyed full Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Android phone fans have made do with Google Docs or — if they were Office 365 subscribers — the fairly spartan Office Mobile.
