Edge for Android and iOS came out last year after a few months of testing, but the iOS app wasn't optimized for iPhone X or iPad. The updated apps news comes on the heels of a rumor that Microsoft will preview its Edge browser on iPad sometime next month. Compared to competing programs like Google Drive, it has taken Microsoft much longer to introduce collaboration features to all of its apps across all supported platforms. Collaboration tools have slowly rolled out across Office apps on various platforms, with Office for Mac updating earlier this month with real-time collaboration features and automatic cloud saving. Those working in the document will see who else is also editing the same document and their changes. Microsoft also added co-authoring to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for iOS, allowing members of the same team or group to edit the same document together in real time. The new support lets customers move files in between OneDrive and Office apps as well as Microsoft's apps and other sources, such as Messages. Users can move files into various apps more easily by dragging and dropping them into the desired program, which will be especially useful while in Split View on iPad.

Microsoft also redesigned the OneDrive app with a new list view and support for more than 130 file types for previews, letting users open, edit, and share Photoshop and other file types from directly within the app.ĭrag-and-drop is a popular new feature of iOS 11 and makes working with documents-particularly on iPad-much easier, and now the OneDrive and Office apps for iOS support drag-and-drop. Users can tag OneDrive or SharePoint documents in the Files app to make them easier to find as well. OneDrive now natively supports the Files app on iOS, letting users upload, share, and save content to OneDrive or SharePoint from apps that support the Files app, which Apple debuted with iOS 11.

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