Microsoft has pledged to release another key piece of the Windows 10 puzzle by the end of the month, with ‘Universal’ Office apps arriving for smartphone preview members.
The touch-centric Office Universal apps, which are designed for use on-the-go, specialising in viewing, quick edits, notes and mark-ups, Microsoft said.
The firm says the tablet versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel “are fast, fluid, and streamlined for an immersive, hands-on experience. They’re fantastic for reading and perfect for touch- and pen-based content creation,” the company wrote.
The phone versions have been designed to adapt to “the smaller form factor,” the Office Team wrote on its official blog.
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The Office Universal apps will remain segregated from the Office Desktop apps, which are still designed for traditional keyboard and mouse users.
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Microsoft added: “With the preview release of the new Universal apps for Windows 10 for phones, we’ll have an exciting line-up of Windows 10 apps across form factors. The Universal apps will deliver tailored tablet and phone experiences for on-the-go productivity, and the Desktop apps will offer our broadest, deepest feature set for professional content creation.”
Last week the firm announced it was launching the Windows 10 preview for phones on a host more devices. There are now 35 Lumia devices compatible with the beta versions.
Microsoft has promised it’ll be opening up the software to more handsets, including the non-Lumia devices in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has today launched a new version of Windows 10 for phones (via Venture Beat) which includes the brand new Maps app with voice-guided navigation borrowed from Nokia’s HERE maps.
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