In order to tap into the massive Android user base, Microsoft has partnered with twenty more companies, which includes big names like LG and Sony, to have its suite of productivity apps pre-installed on newer Android tablets. This partnership will see Excel, OneDrive, OneNote, PowerPoint, Skype, and Word pre-installed on tablets from these twenty companies in the near future, which could potentially secure millions of customers for Microsoft.
In a mobile-first, cloud-first world, it’s devices that enable all the experiences to come together for consumers, businesses, developers and IT. Working with our partners, Microsoft has helped enable an amazing breadth of devices running Windows, desktop and mobile apps and compelling services to make people more productive in their digital work and life. Our aspiration is to continue to build and grow a vibrant community of billions of people who love and rely on Microsoft experiences, on any device, across all aspects of their daily lives. To achieve this Microsoft has made a series of moves to win over the hearts and minds of our partners and customers. We’ve re-engineered many of our flagship products to be more modern, we’ve acquired companies that are rethinking traditional categories of productivity, we’ve made Office and some of our most popular services readily available on more platforms and devices than ever before, and with the earlier announcement of the Phone Companion app for Windows 10, will help Windows, Android and IOS devices work better together.