According to Microsoft Office Blog, Microsoft Office app is now available for Android and can be downloaded from Google Play Store.
Microsoft Office has been released in a similar official application for IPhone devices several mounts ago and now Microsoft has made available the official Office for 365 app for Android smartphones, as promised.
In order to use the Microsoft Office for Android, then you’ll need to be an Office 365 subscriber, the plan for the price start at $60 for a single user for a year.
The new Microsoft Office 365 for the moment is available only for Android smartphones, tablets aren’t supported yet.
The same restriction was made by Microsoft on iOS. The Microsoft Office app is available only for iPhones and iPads are left out in the cold.
Though Microsoft haven’t said that, we’re thinking they want to keep this application as an exclusive for Microsoft’s Windows 8 and RT platforms. Maybe in the future when the application will be most popular in their tablets will become available for Android tablets.
Using the Microsoft Office 365 for Android you will be available to view all Office documents and also you can edit and create files for Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
If you want to edit an Office document offline then when the device will be connected to cloud the file will be synchronized. This feature is perfect when you are traveling.
Also, you can see the last updated synchronized documents to the cloud that sync with the desktop version of Microsoft Office 365. It also comes with a sharing and commenting system and with access to Microsoft sharing services SkyDrive and SharePoint platforms.
On its key features, we’re finding the possibility to view and edit Office documents attached to email messages.
Office 365 app has more features and capabilities, comparing with the Google’s basic Drive-Docs service, but as we know that for extra functionality using Office 365, we should to pay.
For a complete list of qualifying subscriptions, you can go here.
Note: If you’ve got access of a desktop or web version of Office 365 licensed from Microsoft then you should be able to use it without a supplementary or separate subscription.
Download Office Mobile for Android from the Google Play store.
Also, if you want to try the new Office Mobile for Android phones you can sing up for a free trial 30 days Office 365 from here.
