Google has announced that its QuickOffice mobile application is now available for free to everyone with a Google Account.
Google QuickOffice is an application
that lets users view and edit Microsoft Office files on their mobile
devices. Previously, the app was only free to Google Apps for Business
subscribers, and everyone else had to pay $14.99 for the pro version or
$19.99 for the pro HD version.
Now students, businesses, nonprofits,
governments and consumers can all download the app for free on Google
Play and in the App Store. Users can simply sign in with their Google
Account to start editing Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint
files on their iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet.
“Quickoffice has been a part of the
Google family for over a year now and we’ve been focused on making it
easier for you to get work done in Drive – no matter what type of
document you need to work with,” said Alan Warren, Engineering VP at
Google Drive in a blog post.
“Converting old files to Google Docs,
Sheets and Slides is still the easiest way to share and work together,
and we’re working every day to make the files you convert look better.”
Quickoffice is integrated with Google
Drive, so users can access their files across devices. There are also a
number of new features including the ability to create .ZIP folders and
view charts in Excel and PowerPoint files.
An update notification to upgrade to the
new version will be sent to users who currently have the Quickoffice
for Google Apps for Business app.
Google also said that it will add 10GB
of free storage to the Google Drive account of anyone who logs into
their Google account with the new Google Quickoffice before 26 September
2013.
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