Microsoft is working on a suite of office applications optimized for use with tablet computers based on the Android operating system. Before the release of Office, which is scheduled for the end of this year, its beta version will be transferred to selected users for testing purposes. This was reported by the popular resource The Verge.
It seems that Android-oriented applications for processing electronic documentation will come out earlier than the touch version of Office for the Windows platform, which the software giant promised to release in 2015.
Details of testing a new product, as well as the number of people who will take part in it, are unknown. Most likely, Microsoft will attract people who have registered in the Pre-Release program, which allows all interested parties to first look at the new product and personally test it before the official release.
It should be noted that earlier, this year, the Redmond company released an office suite with Word, Excel and Powerpoint applications for the iPad. All three quickly climbed to the top of Apple's App Store Charts.
Most likely, Microsoft will apply the same approach to the office suite for Android tablets. This means that the applications will be available for free download, but many of their functions (for example, editing documents) will have to be paid an additional, approximately $ 99 per year. Office applications for Android phones, released last summer, also required a subscription to unlock the full range of features.
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