Google to Offer Microsoft 365 Integration on Chromebooks
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 30, 2023
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Google revealed that it will integrate Microsoft 365 with Chrome OS later this year so that Chromebook users can more easily access the service.
“It’s important to all Chromebook users to have the tools readily available to access the files they need to get things done,” a post to the Chrome OS Beta Tester Community forums notes. “Today, users of Microsoft 365 and OneDrive software can use the Progressive Web App 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.”
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With this integration, Chrome OS will offer users a guided Microsoft 365 setup process that will install the Microsoft 365 web app and connect Microsoft OneDrive to the Chrome OS Files app. And then any documents opened with the Microsoft 365 web app will move to OneDrive.
A full launch announcement with more details will arrive “in the coming months,” Google says.