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Microsoft Office apps for Android will no longer work on Chrome OS
Microsoft is transitioning its Office and Outlook apps for Chrome OS from the Android versions to web-based experiences starting in December.
The ability to run Android apps is one of the best features of modern Chromebooks, making tons of popular apps easily accessible on a laptop. However, it looks like Microsoft doesn't exactly share that vision. Starting on September 18, the Microsoft Office apps for Android will no longer work on Chrome OS. This includes both the unified Office app that launched last year and Outlook.
Microsoft Office for Android lets you capture and transcribe voice recordings
Microsoft Office for Android is getting a new feature that will let you easily capture and transcribe voice recordings on the app.
After rolling out dark mode support to Microsoft Office for Android earlier this year, Microsoft is now adding another major feature to the app. The new feature will let you easily capture and transcribe voice recordings on your phone, making it an excellent addition for journalists, students, and the like.
Microsoft Office for Android now supports dark mode
Microsoft Office for Android users, rejoice! The app is finally getting a long-awaited dark mode toggle. Read on to know more!
The full Microsoft Office experience can probably be best enjoyed on PCs, particularly Windows computers. It has greatly evolved since Microsoft 365, formerly Office 365, was introduced. But something that has evolved too is Microsoft Office for Android. It's a surprisingly capable tool that allows you to edit and even draft up Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents on the go. While all three services (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) were initially available as single apps for each, Microsoft not too long ago made the decision to merge all three into a one-size-fits-all app. Now, Microsoft Office for Android comes with an all-new, much-needed improvement: dark mode!
Microsoft Office suite on Android is finally getting a dark theme
Microsoft has been busy adding dark mode to its suite of apps on desktop, and the company is now doing the same for Office on Android.
Microsoft has been busy adding a dark mode to its suite of apps on the desktop, and the company is now doing the same for Office on Android.
Microsoft Outlook for Android tests email categories and a floating action menu
Microsoft Outlook for Android starts testing categories to help users organize emails, events and contacts, along with a new floating action menu.
Early last month, Microsoft rolled out an update for the Outlook app for Android that added support for 2-way sync between Google Calendar and other calendars. The company is now working on bringing two more useful features to the app, which will allow users to categorize emails and quickly access essential features from a new floating action menu.
Microsoft Outlook for Android now supports 2-way sync with Google Calendar and other calendars
Microsoft is rolling out an update to Outlook for Android that bring support for 2-way calendar sync with Google Calendar and other calendar apps.
The latest update for Microsoft Outlook on Android brings support for 2-way sync between Google Calendar and other calendars. As per a recent report from Android Police on the matter, the feature has already started rolling out to users via a Play Store update, and it supports popular calendar apps like Google Calendar and Samsung Calendar.
Microsoft shows off the future UI of its Office mobile and desktop apps
Microsoft has been slowly revamping the look of its apps and today they're teasing a new UI for Office on mobile and the desktop.
Microsoft Office is one of the most used software suites on the planet. It's been kept updated through multiple Windows OS iterations once every couple of years, and it's also seen many changes on Android, too. Microsoft has been slowly revamping the look of its Office apps, and today, they're teasing a new UI for Office on mobile and desktop.
Microsoft's revamped Office app for Android is now out, combines PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and OneDrive
The new Microsoft Office app for Android, which unified Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneDrive into one single app, is now officially out.
Microsoft Office on Android has always been incredibly useful for modifying documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go. While Google's own suite of apps, namely Docs, Sheets and Slides, could do the job most of the time, Microsoft's apps served better for offline editing as they worked mostly the same as the Microsoft Office suite of apps that could be used on Windows 10 and other desktop operating systems, which is what you're probably using if you're carrying offline documents anyway. You could download Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint for doing all of the productivity tasks you might want to do, but given how they're slimmer versions of the desktop apps and each app takes a considerable amount of space by themselves, Microsoft thought it viable to unify all of them under a single umbrella. And so they did.
[Update: Rolling out] Microsoft Excel for Android can soon convert pictures of data tables into spreadsheets
Microsoft recently updated the Android app with a feature that should make it easier to get spreadsheets from the real world into Excel.
Microsoft Excel is still one of the most popular spreadsheet apps in the world. A lot of people have switched over to Google Sheets, but hardcore formula lovers still prefer Excel. Microsoft is planning to update the Android app with a feature that should make it easier to get spreadsheets from the real world into Excel.