Google’s ChromeOS to get Microsoft 365 support later this year
Google today announced that it is planning to add support for Microsoft 365 to ChromeOS later this year. The move will make it easier for users to download and install Microsoft 365’s suite of apps, which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams and Outlook among others, and open files easily. The company also said that it will be bringing support for Microsoft OneDrive to ChromeOS later this year.
As of now Chromebook users can access Microsoft 365’s suite of apps and Microsoft OneDrive as Progressive Web Apps. But obviously, they lack the integration and support that is offered by the native apps. But this is about to change soon as Google is working on functionality that will enable Chromebook users to download native Microsoft 365 apps and Microsoft OneDrive on their ChromeOS-powered laptops.
“Today, users of Microsoft 365 and OneDrive software can use the Progressive Web App (Installable here) for their Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel needs. To further help these users, we will have a new integration later this year on ChromeOS, making it easier to install the app and open files,” Google wrote on its support page.
In the support page, the company also wrote that in addition to enabling users download Microsoft 365 apps and Microsoft OneDrive app, it will also users a guided setup experience that takes them through the process of installing the Microsoft 365 web app and “connecting Microsoft OneDrive to their Chromebook Files app.” This will enable users to move their files to Microsoft OneDrive when opening them in the Microsoft 365 app.
“Users will be offered a guided setup experience that takes them through the process of installing the Microsoft 365 web app and connecting Microsoft OneDrive to their Chromebook Files app,” the company added.
Furthermore, the company said that users in its Dev and Beta channels will be able to test the implementation even earlier, before the full launch.
Today announcement marks a rare step wherein Google has collaborated with Microsoft outside of its Chromium engine that powers Microsoft’s Edge web browser. The company is not only allowing users to install Microsoft’s apps on ChromeOS but it is also enabling them to switch from its own cloud storage to Microsoft’s cloud storage.
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Google today announced that it is planning to add support for Microsoft 365 to ChromeOS later this year. The move will make it easier for users to download and install Microsoft 365’s suite of apps, which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams and Outlook among others, and open files easily. The company also said that it will be bringing support for Microsoft OneDrive to ChromeOS later this year.
As of now Chromebook users can access Microsoft 365’s suite of apps and Microsoft OneDrive as Progressive Web Apps. But obviously, they lack the integration and support that is offered by the native apps. But this is about to change soon as Google is working on functionality that will enable Chromebook users to download native Microsoft 365 apps and Microsoft OneDrive on their ChromeOS-powered laptops.
“Today, users of Microsoft 365 and OneDrive software can use the Progressive Web App (Installable here) for their Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel needs. To further help these users, we will have a new integration later this year on ChromeOS, making it easier to install the app and open files,” Google wrote on its support page.
In the support page, the company also wrote that in addition to enabling users download Microsoft 365 apps and Microsoft OneDrive app, it will also users a guided setup experience that takes them through the process of installing the Microsoft 365 web app and “connecting Microsoft OneDrive to their Chromebook Files app.” This will enable users to move their files to Microsoft OneDrive when opening them in the Microsoft 365 app.
“Users will be offered a guided setup experience that takes them through the process of installing the Microsoft 365 web app and connecting Microsoft OneDrive to their Chromebook Files app,” the company added.
Furthermore, the company said that users in its Dev and Beta channels will be able to test the implementation even earlier, before the full launch.
Today announcement marks a rare step wherein Google has collaborated with Microsoft outside of its Chromium engine that powers Microsoft’s Edge web browser. The company is not only allowing users to install Microsoft’s apps on ChromeOS but it is also enabling them to switch from its own cloud storage to Microsoft’s cloud storage.
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