Cyanogen has revealed that it will pre-install Microsoft apps on its modded Android OS later this year, including Bing, Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook and Microsoft Office. The news doesn't come as a huge surprise, since it was rumored that Redmond had purchased a minority stake in Cyanogen with the express intention of bundling its software. As part of the deal, Microsoft will also create "native integrations" on Cyanogen OS, presumably to make all its apps play well together. Microsoft has avoided porting its apps over to Android and iOS for quite awhile, but finally made the jump earlier this year.
Samsung is bundling Office, Skype and other software on its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Android smartphones, and Microsoft recently revealed its very own lock screen for Android. The Cyanogen news is good for Android users with enamored with the company's popular OS, though it's not clear whether OnePlus CyanogenMod users will get access to the goodies. Nor can we tell exactly which Cyanogen distros for the many, many devices it supports will see it. We imagine more news will be coming soon, but in the meantime we've reached out for more details.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile
Via: The Verge
Source: Cyanogen
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