Microsoft Releases Office 2019 Beta That Supports Apple Silicon Macs
Nov. 13, 2020Microsoft has released a Universal build of Office for Mac that supports Apple Silicon in the beta channel, previously known as Insider fast ring. With this release, Mac users can run Office apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive on the latest Apple devices with M1 chip – 13-inchMacBook Air,MacBook Pro, andMac Mini.
The announcement comes from Erik Schwiebert, Microsoft’s principal software engineer for Apple products in the Office Experiences group via Twitter. In a follow-up tweet, Schwiebert says the executable binaries are roughly 50 percent larger and theoverall apps are almost 25 percent larger than before.
Schwiebert clarifies that the Redmond giantdoesn’t have an official timeline as to when customers should expect a stable public release. Moreover, he added that the beta release is just an ‘initial peek for customers to test on hardware they may be acquiring this week.’
We don’t have a public date or version for a final release; this is an initial peek for customers to test on hardware they may be acquiring this week… 🙂
The development comes just a couple of days after Apple started accepting app updates formacOS Big Sur.“You can submit Universal apps built with Xcode 12.2 that take full advantage of Apple silicon Macs. Your apps will look better than ever on macOS Big Sur, thanks to an all-new interface that’s been finely tuned for the powerful features that make a Mac a Mac,”says Apple.
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