Presentations can be shared, opened, and edited by multiple users simultaneously and users can see slide-by-slide and character-by-character changes as other collaborators make edits. Google Slides serves as a collaborative tool for cooperative editing of presentations in real time. Features Editing Collaboration and revision history In 2015, the mobile website for Slides was updated with a 'simpler, more uniform' interface and while users can read files through the mobile websites, users trying to edit presentations will be redirected towards the dedicated mobile app for Slides, thus preventing editing on the mobile web. In 2014, Google launched a dedicated mobile app for Slides for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. In June 2014, Google rolled out a dedicated website homepage for Slides that contained only files created using the Drive suite. Users can access presentations, as well as other files, through the Google Drive website. Google Slides is available as a web application supported on the Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Safari web browsers. In October 2012, Google Presentations was renamed Google Slides and a Google Chrome app was released, which provided shortcuts to Slides on Chrome's new tab page. In June 2012, Google acquired Quickoffice, a freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices. Improvements based on DocVerse were announced and deployed in April 2010.

In March 2010, Google acquired DocVerse, an online document collaboration company that allowed online collaboration between multiple users on Microsoft PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office-compatible document formats such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. In September 2007, Google released a presentation program for the Google Docs suite, which originated from the company's acquisition of Tonic Systems on April 17, 2007. Updates have introduced features using machine learning, including 'Explore', offering and 'tasks to other users. An editor's position is highlighted with an editor-specific color and cursor and a permissions system regulates what users can do. Edits are tracked by a user with a revision history presenting changes. The app allows users to create and edit files online while collaborating with other users in real-time.

The app is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint file formats. Google Slides is available as a web application, mobile app for: Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, BlackBerry OS and as a desktop application on Google's ChromeOS. The service also includes: Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sites and Google Keep. Google Slides is a presentation program included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google.

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