New Microsoft Office available on Android smartphones in the preview version

After a few months of arriving variant for tablets, the Redmond giant has released a preliminary version of Office for Android smartphones.

” Over the last 12 months, we have transformed from an Office suite of desktop applications, for a complete, multi-platform, multi-device to complete its work “, so Microsoft announces the arrival of the preview version of Microsoft Office for Android smartphone. The productivity suite lands then on Android, iOS and after doing so even before the release of Windows Phone.

To access the program preview Office for Android phone Preview is necessary to subscribe to the Office for the Android community, become a tester, and download versions of preview of each app in the suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The links lead to pages for download only if you are logged-in to the beta program of Microsoft.

MS Office for Android
MS Office for Android

Among the system requirements, Microsoft cites a minimum of 1 GB of RAM and version 4.4 or later of KitKat installed on the smartphone. In case of errors, you can also consult the FAQ page. Applications use an interface similar to the version for Android tablets released in the month of January, with capabilities in line with those of the app for iOS now available on iPhone.

Versions for tablet are the most comprehensive and feature-rich, where Office for smartphone lends itself especially for editing fast and fairly basic, with specific options for each application in the suite. As of iOS, Office for Android offers the integration of OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive and other online storage services to back the documents to edit or save them to the cloud.

The current Office Mobile application will remain available on Google Play Store during any stage of the new version of Preview. The company has not released information about release dates, they still should be revealed later this year.

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