Microsoft plans to release Office 16 in the second half of 2015

Microsoft plans to release its office software Office 16 in the second half of 2015. The company said so during a conference. In addition, the version of Office for Android tablets should be released in a few weeks.

Microsoft is now testing Office 16 internally and is aiming for a release in the last six months of 2015, although Microsoft does not give an exact date or even month, ZDNet writes. The schedule doesn’t come as a surprise: it was already clear that Office 16 should be released next year and it’s also obvious, because the previous version came out in October 2012 and Microsoft usually releases a new version every few years.

Little is known about new features or appearance changes in the next version of Office, but at least it would have a dark color scheme and an assistant like Clippy was in previous Office versions. The first variant of Office now ready for release, according to ZDNet sources, is for Android tablets: Microsoft plans to release it next month; a variant for iPad came out earlier.