Ngaphandle kwenani lezinye izindlela ezikhona, isidingo sezicelo ezisemthethweni ze Office ukuze iOS y Android ibalulekile impela. Nakuba ekuqaleni Microsoft ikuphikile, kubonakala sengathi ekugcineni usuku obekucatshangwa ngalo ukufika kwayo ezinhlelweni zokusebenza zomncintiswano, luzoqinisekiswa: ngokusho kolwazi lwakamuva, iHhovisi lizofinyelela ku-iOS ne-Android the entwasahlobo ka-2013.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule isikhundla esiphezulu se Microsoft eCzech Republic umemezele ukufika kwe Office a iOS y Android ngoMashi wonyaka ozayo, kodwa basheshe bachithwa yilabo abaseRedmond, abathi izitatimende zakhe bezingelona iqiniso. Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi lokhu bekuwukusola komphakathi ngokungafaneleki kwezitatimende kuneqiniso lokuthi ulwazi lwalungalungile ngempela. Njengoba kushicilelwe I-Verge, imithombo ehlukahlukene eseduze ne-Microsoft ikuqinisekisile lokho ku- entwasahlobo ka-2013 Ihhovisi lizofika ekugcineni -Google Play futhi i Isitolo se-Apple App.
Amanye amaqiniso mayelana nendlela ukutholwa kwe Office ngabasebenzisi, kubonakala sengathi iputshukile futhi. AbakwaRedmond bazokwethula izinhlelo zokusebenza zamahhala lokho kuzokuvumela ukuthi ubuke izinhlobo ezihlukene zamadokhumenti e-Office, kokubili i-Word, i-Excel ne-PowerPoint, futhi kuyodingeka kuphela ukuba ne-akhawunti ye-Microsoft. Uma sifuna hhayi kuphela ukubuka imibhalo, kodwa futhi ukuba izinketho zokuhlela, kuzomele uyithenge Ilayisensi ye-Microsoft 360, kusukela kuhlelo lokusebenza ngokwalo uma uthanda. Kunoma ikuphi, akulindelekile ukuthi izinketho ezitholakalayo kumsebenzisi zimboze wonke amathuba ezinguqulo ze-PC, futhi cishe azilingani ngisho nezinguqulo ezisebenza kumathebulethi e-Windows 8. Uma usakhetha ukusebenzisa inguqulo esemthethweni esikhundleni salokho. kwe Ihhovisi "virtual", ngeke iyeke ukuba inketho ethokozisayo.
Ihhovisi kulindeleke ukuthi lifike ngaphambi kwesikhathi ku-iOS kunakwi-Android. Ku-The Verge bathi cishe izotholakala ku-App Store maduze nje ngoMashi.