Google is retiring older versions of many Google mobile apps on April 3

20 January 2017
This will affect Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides on both Android and iOS.

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  • Grubba
  • JCi
  • 12 Mar 2017

Grubba, 12 Mar 2017This is definitely a welcome step in the right direction an... moreWhat do I mean by bloatware?
All the junk apps cluttering up everything and spoiling the whole experience of enjoying the internet.

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    • Grubba
    • JCi
    • 12 Mar 2017

    AnonD-96463, 20 Jan 2017Google better start cleaning the play store which has milli... moreTotally agree with you!
    Well said!

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      • Grubba
      • JCi
      • 12 Mar 2017

      This is definitely a welcome step in the right direction and couldn't come soon enough for people who so dislike bloatware.

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        • AnonD-634610
        • thv
        • 21 Jan 2017

        Thanks, rarely use it anyway. Don't care. Besides, there are 3rd party apps.

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          • Aniket
          • X{e
          • 21 Jan 2017

          Don't understand why these technology companies always discontinue tried, tested and popular among people apps and replace them with some crap app in the name of better user experience and so called security.

          For eg, replacing beloved google talk with google hangouts.

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            • AnonD-327997
            • QcN
            • 20 Jan 2017

            Silly, it's technology...you are welcome to stay in the past

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              • Anonymous
              • 6XU
              • 20 Jan 2017

              To be honest I don't understand what this article means. And what google want to do. Please anyone explain for me.

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                • AnonD-96463
                • 7kM
                • 20 Jan 2017

                Google better start cleaning the play store which has million of junk apps.

                  Typical Google, leave the customers high & dry. Stop supporting their own products/lower versions and force them to update or repel them to another app altogether

                    Breaksense, 20 Jan 2017QuickOffice > Docs, Slides, Sheets. Was a dumb idea to s... moreSo true, i still have Quickoffice on my tablet cz of storage issues....

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                      • AnonD-632062
                      • 3Yg
                      • 20 Jan 2017

                      Breaksense, 20 Jan 2017QuickOffice > Docs, Slides, Sheets. Was a dumb idea to s... moreBreaksense, you just made complete sense!

                        AnonD-632062, 20 Jan 2017Yes it still works mostly fine. I use the last version that... moreQuickOffice > Docs, Slides, Sheets. Was a dumb idea to separate them. Biggest downside of them being their ridiculous individual size.

                        Docs 96 MB App + 70 MB Data
                        Sheets 129 MB App + 20 MB Data

                        The rest I didn't even install.

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                          • AnonD-632062
                          • 3Yg
                          • 20 Jan 2017

                          AnonD-625786, 20 Jan 2017It still works?Yes it still works mostly fine. I use the last version that Google pushed before their bricking update, and now I don't update the app in the PlayStore.

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                            • AnonD-625786
                            • 0@p
                            • 20 Jan 2017

                            AnonD-632062, 20 Jan 2017I still prefer the old QuickOffice app which was abandoned ... moreIt still works?

                              nexus 5 template wohooo

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                                • Anonymous
                                • HjB
                                • 20 Jan 2017

                                I have all of this app. Never used them. Dont care if it retired or disappeared. Thanks Google.

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                                  • AnonD-632062
                                  • 3Yg
                                  • 20 Jan 2017

                                  I still prefer the old QuickOffice app which was abandoned by Google. It does the work of PDF Viewer, Sheets, Slides and Docs while still being lighter in storage size to boot!