Extensions are coming to Microsoft Office for iOS

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Photo: Microsoft
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Microsoft has gone from shunning Apple products to making the world’s best iOS apps quicker than Jony Ive can say aluminum. This morning at the company’s Build conference for developers, Microsoft revealed its plan to make you fall back in love with Office: Extensions.

Picture scheduling a meeting in Outlook and being able to call your Uber, all within the same app. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re using an Android, PC, or iOS device. Thats Microsoft’s vision, according to CEO Satya Nadella, who revealed today that Office is about to become a platform.

“With Apple you choose to invest in iOS and OS X. With Google it’s Android or Chrome OS,” said Nadella, according to the Verge. “Windows is the only platform that lets you bring apps to all these devices efficiently.” feature today.”

The Microsoft CEO said Office is about to move “far beyond individual apps and their APIs. Developers will have the ability to extensions that will work on Windows, Office for iOS, the web, and Android. Nadella showed a demonstration of Uber running inside Outlook for iOS, allowing users to automatically schedule rides based on calendar appointments.

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