Office for Android, the version for Google's operating system of the well-known office suite, already seems more fiction than reality. And it is that if we continue at this step, it is possible that Google will abandon Android before Microsoft launches Office for this operating system. A new roadmap sets the launch for fall 2014, that is, in the second half of next year, to see the Word apps for Android, along with Excel and PowerPoint.
Setting an application launch for more than a year, when it has been considering the possibility that it was going down for almost a year, sounds almost like a mockery. Apparently, all the fault would be the new Microsoft tablets, and that is that the company would launch first Office for your tablets. The launch of the version of the office suite for Surface tablets would occur in the spring of 2014, that is, just a year from now. Later the versions for iOS and for Android would be launched.
Obviously, the delay in launching this application is not due to the fact that they cannot complete development, especially when we are talking about one of the largest software companies in the world. It is, almost certainly, a strategic action, which tries to give priority to Microsoft tablets, while products with iOS and Android without the possibility of using Office on their smartphones and tablets. A strategy that could even be negative for them. More and more free office suites are replacing Office, like LibreOffice or QuickOffice. Recall that this latest application, recently purchased by Google, is now available to all Google for business users, and it would not be unusual for it to reach all other users for free in a matter of months. On the other hand, it seems that LibreOffice also prepares its application for Android, and that it would be free. No doubt the fact that Office End up being delayed could be negative, since other applications could steal the quota, and on top of that, being free. We will see if Microsoft finally decides to launch the application sooner, or if, as it seems, it will not arrive on Google Play until autumn 2014.