Android smartphones will finally receive Microsoft Office apps, according to CNet.

Android smartphones were the last major platform to adopt support for Microsoft Office apps, joining Apple's iOS, Windows Phone and Android tablets.

The popular Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel and Powerpoint will now work on Android smartphones, Microsoft said Wednesday. These apps will be available for free on Android smartphones, just like they are on iOS devices and Android tablets.

The Office suite was made available for Android tablets back in February. In May, a preview version of Office for Android smartphones was made available.

The Office apps on the Android smartpones will look and work very similar to the apps on Apple's iPhones and iPads. Users will be able to edit Word documents and wirelessly run Powerpoint presentations right from their phones. To receive more features for the mobile apps, users will have to purchase an annual subscription to Office 365. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hopes people will purchase those annual subscriptions.

Subscribing to Office 365 will give users access to the cloud versions of Outlook, Word and Powerpoint on their PCs and Macs. Cloud computing has become a popular capability for business users that switch between multiple devices throughout the day.

"The goal of these apps is to make sure that as people think about working, creating and doing, they think of Office as the default," said Ebun Onagoruwa, a Microsoft product manager.

Nadella wants corporate customers to purchase these annual subscriptions rather than onetime licenses for software. Microsoft is following companies like Oracle and Adobe by offering the yearly subscriptions.

Nadella said in April that since June 2013, the mobile versions of Office for iOS and Android have been downloaded over 100 million times. Office will be pre-installed in many popular devices, including those made by LG, Samsung and Dell. This will increase the number of users.

According to Engadget, Android smartphone users will need to be running Android KitKat 4.4 or greater and have at least 1 GB of storage space available.