Google and Microsoft haven’t always struggled to get their products to work well together.Microsoft is always trying to get users to use Bing, but Google’s ChromeOS is expected to do a little better with its Microsoft 365 service later this year. It seems to start working.
Google says ChromeOS will add “new integrations” for Microsoft 365, making it easier to install apps, and adding built-in support for OneDrive to ChromeOS’ native Files app. This allows users to search and access their OneDrive files the same way they access files stored in their local files or Google Drive accounts. The integration will be added in the “coming months” and will be accessible to users on ChromeOS’s dev and beta channels before it rolls out to all his ChromeOS users later this year.
ChromeOS users can currently access OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 services via the web interface or Android apps installed via the Google Play Store, but they can’t integrate with the built-in ChromeOS Files app like Google Drive does. . This integration can help bridge the gap, for example, if you use Google products at home and Microsoft products at work, or vice versa.
Unlike iOS and Android, where Microsoft has given up on being a competitor and now focuses on offering apps and services, Microsoft is trying to both expand and maintain its foothold in ChromeOS while trying to defeat it. increase. Surface Laptop SE and Windows 11 SE are built to compete with ChromeOS hardware and software (respectively) and offer some of the same management tools and features that made ChromeOS so popular in schools. I am trying to provide
For those who are all-in on Microsoft 365, Windows continues to provide the best integration with Microsoft’s cloud offerings. In addition to native versions of Word and other apps we don’t call Office apps, Microsoft is also testing an improved version of Windows 11 File Explorer with deeper integration between OneDrive and Microsoft 365 file sharing.
