Microsoft no longer allows Chrome OS users to install the Android version of Office
Starting in September, Microsoft will no longer support its native Android versions of Office, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive apps on Chromebooks. Instead, Microsoft will recommend these users to use its web-based Office.com and Outlook.com applications from September 18th.
Microsoft Office suites were available on Android devices as early as 2015, and regular updates since then have brought a lot of new features to the application. After this date, Microsoft will continue to provide native Office applications for other Android devices. This is just a limitation of Chrome OS. To use web-based applications, Chromebook users will need to log in with their personal Microsoft account or an account associated with a Microsoft 365/Office 365 subscription.
Two weeks ago, Microsoft updated its support page on “How to install and run Microsoft Office on a Chromebook” to reflect the upcoming changes. On this page, Microsoft said: “You can’t install the Windows or Mac desktop versions of Microsoft 365 or Office 2016 on a Chromebook. The Android versions of Office, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive are not currently supported on a Chromebook.” The newly updated page recommends Chromebook users to go to office.com to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive.
