Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

The Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides icons
An example of a document in Google Docs
Developer(s)	Google
Initial release	March 9, 2006; 10 years ago (2006-03-09)
Stable release(s)
Docs for Android 1.7.052.10 / February 12, 2017; 17 days ago (2017-02-12) Sheets for Android 1.7.052.07 / February 10, 2017; 19 days ago (2017-02-10) Slides for Android 1.7.052.06 / February 11, 2017; 18 days ago (2017-02-11) Docs for iOS 1.2017.04204 / February 8, 2017; 21 days ago (2017-02-08) Sheets for iOS 1.2017.04204 / February 8, 2017; 21 days ago (2017-02-08) Slides for iOS 1.2017.04205 / February 8, 2017; 21 days ago (2017-02-08)
Written in	JavaScript
Operating system	Web, Android, iOS
Available in	83 languages
Type	Collaborative software Word processor Spreadsheet Presentation program
Website	Google Docs Google Sheets Google Slides

Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides are a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program respectively, all part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The suite allows users to create and edit files online while collaborating with other users in real-time.

The three apps are available as web applications, and as mobile apps for Android and iOS. The apps are compatible with Microsoft Office file formats. The suite also consists of Google Forms (survey software), Google Drawings (diagramming software) and Google Fusion Tables (database manager; experimental).

The suite is tightly integrated with Google Drive. All files created with the apps are by default saved to Google Drive.

While Google Docs has been criticized for traditionally lacking the functionality of Microsoft Office, it has received praise for its simplicity, ease of collaboration and frequent product updates. In 2011, Paul Sawers of The Next Web described Google Docs as a "pretty robust set of free tools that are improving every month".

Google Docs originated from two separate products, Writely and Google Spreadsheets.

Writely was a web-based word processor created by the software company Upstartle and launched in August 2005. It began as an experiment by programmers Sam Schillace, Steve Newman and Claudia Carpenter, trying out the then-new Ajax technology and the "content editable" function in browsers.

Google Spreadsheets, first launched as a limited test on Google Labs on June 6, 2006, originated from the product XL2Web by 2Web Technologies, which was acquired by Google in June 2005.