Office Mobile in UWP format tends to die: the PWA's and the collapse of Windows Mobile condemn it to death

When Microsoft still had a presence in the mobile phone market thanks to Windows Mobile, applications for its platform made sense. It was Office Mobile, applications designed for use on mobile devices, a typology that coexisted over time with the traditional version of Office.

Office Mobile were UWP type apps. Something that many thought in their day, that the Universal Applications that seemed to be the future in the industry, has not been so. Microsoft promised them to be very happy with the UWPs and with ContinuumBut in the end, neither one option nor the other have ended up triumphing. What's more, Microsoft itself is the one that has put another nail in its coffin.

Universal Apps were deadly wounded when Progressive Web Apps arrived. Easier to maintain and upgrade, and less expensive financially, they were a better option than UWPs.

In parallel, people no longer want a phone with Winodws 10 Mobile, the latest version of the Redmond operating system . Despite having some more than interesting models, nobody wants (or finds on the market) a terminal with a bleak future due to the operating system it mounts.

These two facts have been key to making UWPs meaningless and Office Mobile is the latest example. They were apps that could run on all Windows 10 devices, being primarily intended for Windows phones and Windows tablets under 10 inches.That was the Office Mobile market. And since it no longer exists… why inject more oxygen into it?

It was at this year's Microsoft Ignite conference that Office Mobile apps practically said goodbye No new features for Windows 10, while Microsoft has introduced improvements and new features in the applications for iOS and Android. In Windows we will have to stay with the desktop applications.

Of all the Office Mobile applications, only OneNote resists, an application that is being updated frequently and also offers a high degree of usability. The rest are almost history.

Microsoft is leaving a trail of collateral victims for the wrong doing and the disappointment that it has caused with the failed incursion of Windows into mobile.Windows 10 Mobile is dying and along the way, little by little it continues to cause losses, so Microsoft would do well to shelve the situation and start working from scratch.

Source | Neowin