Google Makes QuickOffice App Free For Everyone

Google has announced that its QuickOffice mobile application is now available for free to everyone.

QuickOffice is Google’s application that allows users view and edit Microsoft Office files on their mobile devices. Prior to the announcement, the app was only free to Google Apps for Business subscribers, and whereas other users had to pay $14.99 for the pro version or $19.99 for the pro HD version.

Google says that presently students, businesses, nonprofits, governments and consumers can all download the app for free on Google Play and in the App Store. Users can simply sign in with their Google Account to start editing Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint files on their iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet.

"Quickoffice has been a part of the Google family for over a year now and we’ve been focused on making it easier for you to get work done in Drive - no matter what type of document you need to work with," said Alan Warren, Engineering VP at Google Drive in a blog post.

"Converting old files to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides is still the easiest way to share and work together, and we’re working every day to make the files you convert look better."

Quickoffice is integrated with Google Drive, so users can access their files across devices. There are also a number of new features including the ability to create .ZIP folders and view charts in Excel and PowerPoint files.