Google’s iOS productivity apps get native Office support, debuts Slides for iOS

Google Docs, Sheets and now the just-launched Slides app can edit Microsoft Office files without needing to convert them. Android users have had this ability since early July.

Before today’s update, users had to deal with converting Office files before being able to edit them with Google’s productivity suite. Now users don’t have to worry about using Microsoft’s popular file formats.

Google also launched its Slides app, which competes with Microsoft PowerPoint. The Slides app is the last app to be released after Google separated its productivity apps from Google Drive, the company’s online storage service.

Microsoft has its own mobile version of Office but users have to pay to edit documents on the go.

Download Google Docs: Android | iOS

Download Google Sheets: Android | iOS

Download Google Slides: Android | iOS

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