Google has just released Docs and Sheets for android and iOS. Powerpoints will be covered off in a separate app soon to be released, called Google Slides.

Docs and Sheets can work offline and confuse the world out of most people as to Google’s strategy. Google already has Quickoffice in the app store which –

With Quickoffice and a Google Account you can:
– Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
– Access files in Google Drive and on your device
– Open and view PDF files
– Share files through previously shared Google Drive folders
– Attach files to emails

So Google Docs or Sheets does – (change docs for sheets)

Create, edit & collaborate with others on documents from your Android phone or tablet with the free Google Docs app.
With Google Docs you can:
– Create new documents or open and edit any that you started on the web or another device.
– Share documents and work together with others in the same document at the same time
– Get stuff done anytime–even without an internet connection
– Add and respond to comments
– Never worry about losing your work–everything is automatically saved as you type

So, if you go to open a word file on Google Drive, it won’t choose Google Docs to read or edit file. It won’t even offer you the option, only Quickoffice if you have this installed.

All I can say is at the moment it is a mess. Why didn’t Google just update Quickoffice to allow offline mode and rename it Google Office or something else. And currently the new apps lack a lot of functionality. Makes Apple’s offerings of Pages and Numbers and Microsoft’s Office seem so superior.