Asus and Microsoft has expanded the scale of an existing patent-licensing agreement between them and expect the change to benefit customers.
The cross-licensing deal will allow Asus and Microsoft to use one another’s technologies in their own products.
Moreover, Asus said it will let the two work closer together on products down the road. Last, the deal will result in Microsoft’s Office productivity suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) being preloaded on Asus Android smartphones and tablets.
Samsung also preloads Office on some of its Android devices. Terms of the agreement between Asus and Microsoft were not disclosed.
