

There will also be a Microsoft 365 app on mobile and desktop that will act as a centralized hub for information, showing meetings, files, documents and more. The app names themselves won't change, as you'll still be using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Clipchamp, Stream and Designer. The changes will happen next month, and the Office app for Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android will be rebranded in January. "In the coming months,, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows will become the Microsoft 365 app, with a new icon, a new look, and even more features," a FAQ states.Ĭurrently, you can access Microsoft's Word, Excel and other apps online at, but that will soon be switched to - with a new six-sided logo replacing the current square one.


Now, it's removing most of the remaining Office branding, according to new updates spotted by The Verge. Note: Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.Back in 2020, Microsoft announced that it would be changing the name of its Office 365 subscription to Microsoft 365, acknowledging that it had become more than just a work app. Last month, Microsoft increased prices for Microsoft 365 and its other subscription products across the board for the first time in a decade.

The company said in February that consumer and small business pricing for Office 2021 will stay the same as it is now- Office Home & Student 2019 (which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote) normally costs $150, and Office Home & Business 2019 (which adds Outlook) costs $250. The end date for Office 2021 support is in October of 2026, just a year after support ends for the Windows versions of Office 2016 and Office 2019. The company plans to offer five years of "Mainstream Support" for Office 2021 without any extended support beyond that. Microsoft lists most of the new features here. Further Reading Microsoft Office 2021 is on its wayĬompared to Office 2019, the last "perpetual" version of Office, the new version includes Dark Mode support, support for version 1.3 of the OpenDocument format, new Excel functions and formulas, improved slide show recording for PowerPoint, and various user-interface tweaks and enhancements.
