Apple's iWork for iCloud.com beta now available to all users

Any user who logs in to iCloud.com will find browser-based beta versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote â€”Â Apple's iWork suite â€” are now available to test.

Apple has been gradually rolling out iWork availability, first to developers and then to some select users. But now, as of Friday, any user with an Apple ID who logs into the iCloud.com website should have access to Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

The iWork apps join Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, and Find My iPhone as free cloud-based offerings from Apple. All three iWork apps are clearly labeled as "beta" with a yellow banner in the icons' upper left corners.

The service was first announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and works with Safari, Chrome and Internet Explorer. It allows users to quickly access, edit and save their documents from the Internet.

Not yet available to all users is the new look for iCloud.com in line with iOS 7, matching the redesigned icons that are found in beta versions of Apple's iPhone and iPad software. iOS 7 is expected to launch to the public next month, but no timeframe for the new iCloud.com site has been given.

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blackbook 1360 comments · 13 Years

About 11 years ago

Free iWork on the app store next possibly? Either way the wide release announcement this early is exciting. Of course iWork in the Cloud doesn't bring much to the table that Goggle Docs doesn't already have but it does seem like a far better option than Office 365 subscription service.

nikilok 383 comments · 11 Years

Looks pretty sexy. Cant still get over the fact, that this is an HTML 5 web app. The web's come a long way :)

AMcKinlay21 125 comments · 14 Years

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Originally Posted by nikilok

Looks pretty sexy. Cant still get over the fact, that this is an HTML 5 web app. The web's come a long way

It's bloody amazing! But I'm still confused as to what the pricing strategy is gonna be come the autumn...Rosner announced new versions for both OSX and iOS, but would they really make them free?