Office Mobile for Android and iPhone is now completely free

Following the introduction of the Office suite for iPad, Microsoft did not want to miss the opportunity to make other announcements of interest for users of the platforms mobile and these office utilities. More specifically about the applications Office Mobile for Android and Office Mobile for iPhone, which are now completely free tools for smartphone usersof these two great platforms.Good news for regulars who want to edit their documents anytime, anywhere.

To date, users who downloaded these applications on their Android or iPhone devices could only use it to consult text documents, tables or slide shows That is, a consultative function, without being able to review and above all edit any part of the content. Unless you had a paid subscription to the service Office 365 which gives way to all editing options, touch-ups and other issues. Something that supposes a monthly cost of 10 euros, although it comes with other functions and extra features.

However Microsoft has decided to change the way these tools work and open them to all users who want to totally freeIn other words, without having a paid subscription or spending a single euro if you want to change a word, modify a data or table or create new slides in the presentation . A move that can help get more users on these mobile tools and hopefully convince them to purchase a subscription for more options and related services.

And that is the negative point of the applications Office Mobile for Android and for iPhone is to have reduced editing tools In this way, and although they are useful tools, they do not have all the editing options that the version of Office for computers, nor that the recent version of Office for iPad Despite having both Word, as well as Excel and PowerPoint , each of these tools is not loaded with all the options to insert content into documents, modify them at will, use all kinds of transitions or apply settings of tables , among other issues.

Small details that prevent Office Mobile from being the ultimate tool for working on documents from mobile devices. However, now that it is completely free tools, it can re-emerge as a useful application to finalize details as well as consult and, perhaps, get out of more than one jam to the user who needs to touch up some content on a trip, displacement or simply in a moment from the smartphone

In short, good news for new users. Thus, these applications have received an update that modifies their operation to be used without the aforementioned subscription to Office 365, as long as you make a home use of themAnd it is for business use or professional, with extended options and functions related to other Microsoft services , yes it is necessary to have it. With all this, Office Mobile for Android is fully available free through Google Play, in the same way that Office Mobile for iPhone is throughApp Store