San Francisco — The power of Google Docs is flourishing everywhere, and now it is coming to your pocket thanks to support for mobile browsers. The search engine giant is extending full mobile support from one of the best online editing of Google Docs so that for the first time the product will enable users Android and iOS devices to edit online documents and collaborate with other users.
Google Docs is an online word processing solution by Google that empowers a user to edit Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations and similar word processing activities for free. It has been in demand since the day Android devices were launched; users had been wondering whether or not they can use Google Docs documents on their phones, as until now, mobile users were only able to view the documents and not open or edit them.
But thanks to global search engine titan, who over the weekend released full support for the editing and sharing of Google Docs on all iOS devices running version of iOS 3.x and Android users running Froyo 2.2. The update is being implemented and the users would be able to use it within the next few days.
Google Docs on your mobile phone browser has a single objective — helping to making you more productive. This latest update brings a much-needed improvement to Google Docs’ editing capabilities on mobile devices (iOS and Android). The mobile version of Google Docs has existed for almost three years now. But simply being able to access Google Docs from your mobile browser is one thing, but synchronization is key.
Google first offered read-only access to documents and spreadsheets on mobile devices back in October 2007 before adding the capability to edit spreadsheets in February last year. Now it has filled out the offering. The same smooth synchronization of group documents you experience on your computer is carried over to the phone. Imagine working on that group proposal while you are at that sports bar tonight — yes it can happen.
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Furthermore, the disadvantage of the “on-line synchronized” editing is that it is an exclusive online experience. This means the users Google Docs during a flight, or for any other reason are not online, cannot use this feature. However, such users can also use alternatives such as Documents To Go: such packages allow synchronization with Google Docs at a download-edit-upload process stages, which will obviously be more suitable for the mobile users to whom internet connectivity is not reliable or consistent.
The enhancements will be introduced over the “next few days,” according to the Google Docs team, but you will know they are live when you see the “Edit” button at the top of your documents. It will be available for English-language users with mobile devices running a minimum of Android version 2.2 (also known as Froyo) and iOS version 3.0+, including the iPad. The company says a version for other languages will follow soon. The Android version also supports voice entry of text.
Of course, this upgrade is a popular move by Google in response to frequent user requests on the subject. With a fast and well optimized mobile website, Google docs can operate just as well as using your desktop or laptop. It has the potential for a big take-up among tablet users.
There is plenty of other uses for Google docs on your mobile so we recommend taking a quick look at the video Google has released below: