Google Docs for iOS updated with word count and iPad Pro support

First up, Google Docs for iOS has finally been updated with a feature that no self-respecting word-processor would want to be without: word count.

Indeed, at long last, you can now easily check the word count of a document in Google Docs for iOS. To do so, while viewing a document, just tap the more button at the top right corner of the app and tap the new “Word count” option.

With its new word count feature, the app, of course, shows you the number of words that are currently in the document. In addition, it indicates the number of characters including spaces and the number of characters excluding spaces.

If you frequently write on Google Docs with a target word count, then the app’s latest update is for you.

And if you have an iPad Pro, the latest update to Google Docs is also for you, as it includes native resolution support for the massive display of Apple’s largest tablet.

The same goes for the official iOS app of Google’s Sheets spreadsheet service. Google Sheets for iOS now also boasts screen optimization for iPad Pro.

For some reason, though, the official iOS app of Google’s Slides presentation software hasn’t been updated for iPad Pro.

In any case, all of the iOS apps of Google’s flagship trio of office productivity programs haven’t been updated with support for iPad multitasking. Users of the apps on iPad that support Split View and Slide Over, then, are still deprived of a key productivity booster that would enable them to use the apps side by side with other apps.

To its credit, Google recently updated the official iOS app of its Photos photo management service with both iPad Pro support and iPad multitasking, along with support for Live Photos.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides are available on the App Store for free.

All three apps were updated late last January with support for real-time commenting.