Microsoft Office mobile applications have been available separately for a long time. Until now, users had to download and install Word, Excel and PowerPoint separately from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
While for some this was the right approach, as they did not want the full Microsoft Office suite but only one specific application, such as Word or Excel, others found the idea of separate applications rather annoying because they had to download, install and update to more than one application.
Microsoft obviously measured both opinions and recently posted an update to the Google Play Store Microsoft Office that includes all the applications that were offered in the past separately.
Η Microsoft Office application is offered currently only to Android users, but presumably Microsoft will bring it in the coming weeks to the iPhone. There is no official announcement about the new integrated Office application, but the Google Play Store listing underscores the purpose of its existence.
Technically, a Microsoft Office application that combines all the tools productivity features that have until now been offered separately, is also useful in Microsoft's partnerships with various device manufacturers.
For example, Samsung pre-installs Microsoft Office applications on models of the Galaxy S and offers Word, Excel and PowerPoint separately. An all-in-one app could make everything simpler for everyone, so it remains to be seen when and if this approach will be extended to other platforms.
Respectively, Xiaomi uses the KingSoft suite, which contains all the individual preletterthem in a single application.
The old, separate applications of Word, Excel, etc. are still available in the Google Play Store, for those who do not agree with the new movement the company's. But we don't know what will happen or if they will be supported in the future.
