Office for Windows 10 will be free on small devices

After having given us a small preview at yesterday's event, today at Microsoft they wanted to announce more in detail what the upcoming versions of Office, both on the desktop and on tablets and smartphones.

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First, and as expected, Office will be available in the form of universal apps from the Windows Store This suite of The application will be free and will come pre-installed on small phones and tablets (a definition that generally applies to devices of 8 inches or less)."

"Microsoft points out that on computers with larger screens these applications can be downloaded from the store, without specifying if there will be any price associated with that download in the event that we do not have an Office 365 subscription. "

Best of all, we won't have to wait long to try the universal Office apps, as they will be available as Preview in a few more weeks , along with the upcoming Windows 10 Tech Preview. The final version of Office for Windows 10 will be released later in 2015, leaving open the possibility that such a release date may be earlier than Windows 10 itself. .

Office 2016 for the desktop, available later this year

Along with releasing Office applications geared toward touch devices, Microsoft also plans to release a new version of Office for desktop, called Office 2016As expected, this release will be the direct continuation of the current Office 2013, and users will be able to upgrade to it by purchasing a license, or for free if they have an Office 365 subscription.

Office 2016 will offer a more powerful experience, designed for PCs that use a mouse and keyboard At this time, Microsoft does not provide more details about its news, but from previous leaks, we can expect to include a new help assistant, called Tell Me , greater integration with OneDrive, better performance in managing emails by Outlook, better table functions and dynamic graphs, among other things.

Office 2016 is expected to be released in the second half of this year.

Via | Office Blogs