According to the Google Play Store and first reported by Android Police, the Word app has now been installed “1,000,000,000+” times. This makes it the first Microsoft app to reach the one-billion milestone, and it was the first to reach 500 million installs, too.
That one billion figure doesn’t consist solely of downloads from the Play Store. Microsoft has agreements in place with several manufacturers, including the world’s number one smartphone maker, Samsung, to preinstall its apps on some of their devices.
