The application is being supplanted with an online elective that requires Microsoft 365 and OneDrive logins to keep seeing outlines for nothing (or you can pay for a membership).
Microsoft is set to quit offering its application that permits Visio outlines and flowcharts to be seen on iOS for nothing.
As The Register reports(Opens in another window), in a Tech People group post on Monday, Microsoft announced(Opens in another window) that the free Microsoft Visio Watcher app(Opens in another window) at present accessible in the Application Store will be “resigned and eliminated” on Aug. 14.
The application will keep on working after that date for anybody who as of now has it introduced, however Microsoft expresses that over the long run it will break because of its reconciliation with administrations, for example, OneDrive and SharePoint. There will be no choice to reinstall it, by the same token.
The application permits iOS clients to see and connect with Visio graphs on their iPhone or iPad, as well as offer them with others. It’s a helpful application to have accessible in the event that somebody sends you a Visio record as an email connection, for instance, or for anybody who requirements to view such documents however doesn’t have to make or change them. Obviously, the application has a high Application Store rating of 4.5 out of 5.
So for what reason is Microsoft killing it? Since the group is zeroing in on the Visio for the web insight all things considered, which takes into account free survey of Visio records, however you need to go through a few possibly unfortunate arbitrary tasks to make it work. As Microsoft explains(Opens in another window) on its help page, seeing Visio records free of charge requires marking in to your Microsoft 365 record and transferring documents to OneDrive.
Any individual who pays for a Microsoft 365 membership can see and make Visio records through an internet browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari are undeniably upheld). There’s likewise several Visio premium plans accessible, which cost $5/month (Visio Plan 1) and $15/month (Visio Plan 2), and proposition furthermore usefulness past that presented with a 365 membership. Microsoft gives a correlation of the versions(Opens in another window) and elements accessible inside each.
For iOS clients, it appears they are set to lose an application and gain a great deal of issue to accomplish a similar Visio graph seeing experience they at present appreciate.