As an Office 365 subscriber, you regularly get new and improved features.
Want to get a quick overview of the features that are available in Excel across all of the mobile platforms and devices? Take a look at the tables below. Also, check out the Featured updates section to find out which capabilities have be added most recently.
Featured updates
Below are a few of the great features and capabilities that are now available in Excel on mobile platforms. Also check out the links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions.
| Additional File Format Support Android, iOS, and Mobile OpenDocument files can now be opened and viewed in Excel. Learn more about supported file types. |
Ink Annotations iPad and Mobile Use your finger or pen to write and draw, and use the tools on the new Draw tab to highlight content of particular interest. |
New charts Mobile Funnel charts can be used to help you display values as progressively decreasing proportions. Learn more about creating a funnel chart. |
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| New Functions Mobile Avoid nested IF functions with the new IFS, MAXIFS, MINIFS, and SWITCH functions, and speed up formula entry with the CONCAT and TEXTJOIN functions. |
Improved Formula AutoComplete Mobile Only remember a part of a formula name (for example, you know if contains a “rand” or a “value” somewhere)? No problem! Excel now returns all partial matches for everything you type—not just exact matches from the beginning of the string. |
Tell Me Mobile Simply type what you want to do in the app using your own words, and then Tell Me will guide through the process as well as offer additional resources. Learn more about doing things quickly with Tell Me. |
NOTE: Some of these capabilities are also reflected in the tables below.
Authoring features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing, adding, and deleting comments | ● | ● | ● |
| Inserting and editing hyperlinks | ◌ Coming soon |
◌ | ● |
| Inserting and editing SmartArt | ◌ Coming soon |
◌ | ● |
| Inserting picture from camera | ◌ Coming soon |
◌ | ◌ Coming soon |
Bi-directional text features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for right-to-left languages (RTL) | ● | ● | ● |
Charting features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funnel charts | ◌ Coming soon |
◌ | ● |
Conditional formatting features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing | ● | ● | ● |
Data entry and manipulation features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| New functions (e.g., IFS, TEXT JOIN, CONCAT, and SWITCH) | ◌ Coming soon |
◌ | ● |
Data validation features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing | ● | ● | ● |
File viewing features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom level upon open | 100% | 150% | 100% |
| View modes available | 1 | 1 | ◌ |
Inking features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draw or Pens tab | ◌ Coming soon |
● * | ● * |
| Ink to Shape | ◌ | ● * | ● * |
| Instant Ink | ◌ | ● * | ● * |
* Available on tablets only
PivotTable features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing | ● | ● | ● |
| Refreshing | ◌ | ● | ◌ |
| Sorting and filtering | ◌ | ● | ◌ |
Print features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing worksheets | ● | ● | ● |
Save features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel for Android | Excel for iOS | Excel Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AutoSave | ● | ● | ● |
| Viewing previous versions of files saved to the cloud | ◌ Coming soon |
● | ● |