Microsoft 365 Personal – $6.99/£5.99 per month or $69.99/£59.99 per year – one person, 1TB of cloud storage.

For both, you have the option to pay monthly or annually: If you’re subscribing, there are two main options to choose from: Personal (for just one user) or Family (for up to six users). Since April 2020 it’s been known simply as ‘Microsoft 365’, but the rebrand didn’t affect functionality aside from a few new features.įirst up are the options designed for the individual consumer (i.e. Microsoft’s productivity-focused subscription service was known as Office 365 from its initial launch in 2011 until 2020. In that scenario, it’s likely they’ll be exclusive to Microsoft 365 subscribers, rather than also available on standalone versions – at least initially. If that turns out to be true, it wouldn’t be long before technology arrives in final versions of Office apps.

The Verge reports that Word, PowerPoint and Outlook will be first in line, with a possible announcement as soon as March. Being able to compose a specific type of article or write an email for you have been highlighted as potential use cases, but there will likely be many more. It’s only in the testing phase at the time of writing, but similar features will almost certainly be added to Microsoft Office apps. In February 2022, Microsoft announced a new version of its Edge browser and Bing search engine with an integrated AI chatbot based on ChatGPT. Learn more in our separate guide: Does Windows 11 come with Microsoft Office? Will Microsoft 365 be getting new AI features?

But everyone else will need to pay for access.

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