Microsoft Excel

With Microsoft Excel installed on your Android mobile you can open, read and edit any XML or XLS document straight from your phone wherever you are.

Excel for Android

What can we tell you about Excel that you don't already know? Belonging to the Microsoft Office suite, in recent years it has become the program par excellence that works with spreadsheets, processes large amounts of data, both text and numbers, creates graphs and applies formulas to data sets. Therefore, it shouldn't surprise anyone that, along with Word and PowerPoint, it has become one of the most emblematic tools of the suite of office applications.

You probably already have it installed on your Windows PC or any other desktop operating system that you usually use. But where else can we use Microsoft Excel? Well, on almost every system and device, because it's a universal program and has landed on all sorts of platforms, including mobile phones thanks to its APK for Android smartphones and tablets and its iOS version for iPhone and iPad.

And the main idea behind the mobile version of Excel, especially the edition designed for the Google operating system, is the possibility of working with all kinds of spreadsheets on the go, increasing our comfort and efficiency. From your phone, you can continue work you previously started on your PC, or collaborate on a document with other members of your team in real time without worrying about deleting edits made by others.

What is Microsoft Excel for and how to use it on Android?

If we had to say in a few words what this application is for, it would be fairest to say that it is one of the best mobile tools to open, view and edit spreadsheets from a mobile device (assuming they are not read-only). ). If we were to delve into the functions and features of this Excel, we would have to mention that it allows you to:

• Access to all classic functions adapted to touch screens.
• Use dozens of templates to avoid starting projects from scratch.
• Filter data, rearrange columns, and apply formulas.
• Perform basic math calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and power operators.
• View the data as tables or charts.
• Access all your XML and XLS files stored in the cloud.
• Share your spreadsheets via instant messaging or email.
• Save all your documents directly to OneDrive for easy access from anywhere.
• Add other users to the spreadsheets to collaborate on the same file.
• View real-time changes made by another member in the spreadsheet.

Remember that Excel for Android is free to download, but to access certain features of the application you need to register with a Microsoft account. However, before installing the application from Google Play, you should know that you need version 4.4 or higher of the mobile operating system. Therefore, somewhat outdated mobile phones running Android 4.2.2 and similar editions will not cope with this application. Thankfully, users of these phones can always fall back on Sheets, Google's alternative to Excel, which is included in the Docs suite and can also be downloaded as a standalone application.

What's new in the latest version

Version 16 of Excel for Android devices arrives to fix the bugs discovered in previous versions and to implement minor improvements that increase user productivity and efficiency, as well as application speed and stability.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 9.0.
• The app offers in-app purchases.