At the top of the extension’s drop-down window you will also see options to create a new document using Office Online. Once you’ve signed in, clicking on the Office logo will show you your most recent documents. The unfortunate news here is that, according to About Chromebooks, the web app version of Office isn’t a very good experience on Chromebooks right now, specifically because nothing works offline.The Office Online Chrome extension gives you easy access to your Office documents. Customers will need to sign in with their personal Microsoft Account or account associated with their Microsoft 365 subscription. This transition brings Chrome OS/Chromebook customers access to additional and premium features. In an effort to provide the most optimized experience for Chrome OS/Chromebook customers, Microsoft apps (Office and Outlook) will be transitioned to web experiences ( and ) on September 18, 2021. The Office apps for Android will continue to exist - they’ll just stop functioning on Chromebooks.
Specifically, users will be required to use and starting on September 18, 2021. Microsoft will be fully ending support as of September, the company confirmed to About Chromebooks. A notice about this change is being sent to some users opening the Android app on their Chromebooks, with Microsoft saying that it is “no longer supporting” that app on Chrome OS. Instead of using the Android apps found on the Play Store, Microsoft will now only be offering Office on Chromebooks through web apps. The key bit of information here, though, is that Microsoft isn’t leaving Chromebook owners without the popular productivity suite, but only getting rid of the version that’s downloaded from the Google Play Store. Microsoft is killing support for Office apps that can be downloaded on Chromebooks. However, Microsoft is about to pull the plug on supporting its Android app on Chrome OS. Google’s Chromebooks play best with Google Drive and its associated apps, but others are available, including Microsoft Office.
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