Microsoft Web Apps is up for some changes that could get a lot of users excited. Microsoft made the announcement on its blog Tuesday about its plans for 2013 and beyond.

If you're an avid Office Web Apps user, you may notice that real-time co-authoring is not possible, which means one has to refresh each time to see changes made by the author. This can be a problem for those who are too busy to press the refresh button over and over again. Plus, there are times when users might not remember to hit refresh, so they won't know for a long time that changes were made to any particular document.

It's a minor change, yet very important. We understand that it is currently rolling out to PowerPoint Web App; no word on when users should expect it to arrive for Word and other Apps. Having this feature onboard would bring Office Web Apps on par with Google Docs. However it won't make it the best choice for those who tend to use Web-based editing more than anything else.

Another important feature Office Web Apps is missing, which has been a part of Google Docs for a long time, is auto-save. It is quite frustrating to use Office Web Apps without this feature, because you never know when the Internet connection might kick out or if you lose power. Sure, Office Web Apps is able to recover information in a document, but it doesn't always recover the full text, and that's a problem if your memory is not on par with an elephant.

Office Web Apps update for Android

So, Microsoft is on the verge of giving Android tablet users a treat. Currently, it is not possible to edit documents via an Android tablet, but that is about to change. Microsoft hasn't set a date for Android support, but it is clear the update might come before the beginning of 2014.