The fact that Microsoft develops and builds numerous applications for Android devices is not surprising at all. Not only because in any case Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world (together with Apple's iOS), but also and above all because Microsoft, with Android, makes money.
We talked about this fact some time ago, explaining how Microsoft earns $ 5 to $ 15 for each Android device sold for a patent issue.
Given the number of Android smartphones sold, it doesn't take an economics expert to understand that these earnings do not represent absolutely negligible figures.
And so here, going to see the page on the Google Play Store of Microsoft as an app developer for Android, you will discover many and excellent applications, starting from the free Office apps up to the most particular launcher and tools.
In this article we see, among many, the 10 best Microsoft apps for Android .
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1) Microsoft Office for Android is offered, free of charge, in two ways, through the mobile Office app that includes all the writing tools or by downloading the various Word, Excel and Powerpoint programs individually.
In another article we had made a comparison between the Microsoft Office apps and Google Docs.
2) Microsoft OneNote is the program for taking notes so that you can have them synchronized and always up to date even on your computer or on the internet.
A short guide to Onenote on PC, Mac and smartphone is in another article.
3) OneDrive, the app to manage the cloud space offered by Microsoft to save files safely and find them, synchronized, even on the PC.
4) Microsoft Outlook for Android is one of the best apps ever to manage email on your mobile phone, not only of an Outlook.com or Hotmail account, but with any email address.
5) Office Lens is perhaps the best application that Microsoft has made for Android, which as explained, is capable of transforming sheets of paper into Word documents.
6) Microsoft Launcher for Android is a special app that allows you to change the graphical interface of the phone's home screen in an intelligent way, with the most used apps highlighted and easy access to the data you need most.
7) Next Lock Screen (withdrawn) is instead the app to change and customize the lock screen by adding features and notifications to be displayed without the need to unlock the phone.
8) Microsoft Translator is an instant translator similar to Google Translate, which is worth trying.
9) Microsoft Hyperlapse is a great application to create timelapse videos quickly and automatically, to make shorter long videos and make them more beautiful and easier to share.
10) Microsoft Remote desktop for Android is the app to access the remote desktop service of a Windows PC.
11) SwiftKey, the best smart keyboard for Android, not created by Microsoft but acquired in 2016.
12) Microsoft Todo, to create to-do lists .
13) Microsoft Edge for Android, the Windows 10 browser in the smartphone version, which synchronizes tabs and browsing data.
14) Photo Companion, the app to transfer photos from wifi to PC to mobile phone.
15) Your Phone Companion (ex Microsoft Apps) is the one needed to connect the Windows 10 PC to the Android phone.
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