{"id":65738,"date":"2014-04-30T19:31:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=65738"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:43:17","slug":"google-docs-and-sheets-offline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-docs-and-sheets-offline\/","title":{"rendered":"Google releases new Docs and Sheets apps for working offline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Drive is a great <a title=\"Productivity tag\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/productivity\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">productivity<\/a> suite if you&#8217;re online. However, offline editing has never been great with Drive. Google has realized this and has released separate apps for Google Docs and Google Sheets for working offline.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Google Drive user, Docs and Sheets will work exactly like they do in Drive. Your files are arranged in a grid of thumbnails so you can find something at a glance. You can still control who can edit, view, and comment on your documents and collaborate with other users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65744\" title=\"Google Sheets for iOS\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/Google-Sheets-for-Android-568x336.jpg\" alt=\"Google Sheets for iOS\" width=\"568\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/Google-Sheets-for-Android-568x336.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/Google-Sheets-for-Android-256x151.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/04\/Google-Sheets-for-Android.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everything is saved to your device automatically as you type so you&#8217;ll never lose your work. This is great, especially for people with unreliable internet connections.<\/p>\n<p>The only missing app is Google Slides, which should be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft finally brought <a title=\"Office for iPad announced\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/office-for-ipad-announced-thats-free-to-view-pay-to-use\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office to the iPad<\/a> last month but requires an <a title=\"Microsoft Office for iPad: the highs and lows\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-office-for-ipad-review\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office 365 subscription<\/a> to edit. Google Docs and Sheets offers a great, free alternative for users who don&#8217;t need all the features in Microsoft office.<\/p>\n<p>Google Docs and Sheets are available now for Android and iOS. You can download the apps below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Download Google Docs for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/google-docs.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Google Docs for Android<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Download Google Sheets for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/google-sheets.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Google Sheets for Android<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Download Google Docs for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/google-docs.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Google Docs for iOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Google Sheets for iOS\" href=\"http:\/\/google-sheets.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Google Sheets for iOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Via: <a title=\"Android Police\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2014\/04\/30\/google-releases-dedicated-docs-and-spreadsheet-apps-for-android-and-ios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android Police<\/a> | <a title=\"TechCrunch\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/04\/30\/one-month-after-microsoft-office-hits-ipad-google-debuts-dedicated-productivity-apps-for-ios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/clear-to-do-app-for-ios-and-mac-finally-adds-reminders\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clear to-do app for iOS and Mac finally adds reminders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/yahoo-mail-news-today-update\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo! 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Your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-docs-and-sheets-offline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google releases new Docs and Sheets apps for working offline&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":65744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2608],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-65738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-docs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330842,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65738\/revisions\/330842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65738"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=65738"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=65738"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=65738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}