Google Docs – for some, the best Google tool out there – has made it to Android with the release of Google Docs for Android.
As you can see from our enthusiastic review, this app is an all-round winner. In fact, I was so taken with it, I’d be tempted to claim that there’s nothing it can’t do – as long as you stay within the realm of viewing, editing and creating online documents, of course.
What makes Google Docs for Android special is the fact that everything’s just so easy – the search function is near perfect (it even found a word inside a PDF) while editing, even on your tiny little touchscreen, is really straightforward. Even better, it has the beginnings of OCR – take a picture of text with your phone’s camera, and Google Docs for Android will turn it into an editable document! This function currently works best with plain text in English – it’s not ready for handwritten Spanish quite yet, unfortunately.
If you use Google Docs – even occasionally – you really need to download Google Docs for Android now. It takes the basic premise of cloud computing – portability and accessibility – and takes it to a new level, ensuring that your documents are always ready for editing and viewing, no matter where you are.
Well done Google, you’ve done it again!
