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San Francisco, Aug 28 Microsoft is reportedly discontinuing support for Office, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook, for Chromebook users starting from September 18.According to TechCrunch, the tech giant is not abandoning the popular mobile device altogether. Instead of an app that is downloaded, Microsoft is encouraging users to go to the web instead.Since 2017, Microsoft has offered its Office suite to Chromebook users via the Google Play store."In an effort to provide the most optimised experience for Chromebook customers, Microsoft apps (Office and Outlook) will be transitioned to web experiences (Office.com and Outlook.com) on September 18, 2021," Microsoft was quoted as saying in an email statement by the tech website.Microsoft's statement also noted that "this transition brings Chromebook customers access to additional and premium features".The Microsoft web experience will serve to transition its base of Chromebook users to the Microsoft 365 service, which provides more Office templates and generally more functionality than what the app-based approach provides.The web approach is also more optimised for larger screens than the app, the report said.In terms of how Microsoft wants Chromebook users to get access to Office and Outlook, the plan is for customers to, "asign in with their personal Microsoft Account or account associated with their Microsoft 365 subscription", according to the statement.Chromebooks run on Google's Chrome OS, which is a Linux-based operating system. Chromebooks also enable Android apps to run, as Android is also Linux based, with apps downloaded from Google Play, the report said.It's important to note that while support for Chromebooks is going away, Microsoft is not abandoning other Android-based mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, it added.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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