LibreOffice 5.0 was made available by The Document Foundation a couple of days ago, and it's a glorious release. It is full of all sorts of new features, and many users have already upgraded to this latest version, but the application will also have an impact on another new platform, Ubuntu Touch.

It's not a secret that Ubuntu Touch could really use an application suite like LibreOffice, and we also know that a lot of work has been put into the LibreOffice Viewer core app, which is now being tested. If Ubuntu developers managed to include at least some of the core components of LibreOffice, it would mean a lot for the operating system, which really needs first-grade app support.

To be fair, Ubuntu developers have already got LibreOffice to run under Mir, even if it's an X legacy app. It has been done more to show that it is possible and that the convergence of the mobile and desktop platforms is closer than people might imagine. There is no timetable attached to the project, and we don't know when it's going to happen or how advanced everything is, but it looks like LibreOffice 5.0 will be a cornerstone in this regard.

LibreOffice will land on Ubuntu Touch

The developers from The Document Foundation haven't gone into much detail about their plans, but they have said that the office suite is coming to Android. Coupled with the things we already know about Ubuntu Touch, we can safely say that LibreOffice 5.0 will bring some very interesting changes to the mobile platform from Canonical.

"A new version for new endeavours: LibreOffice 5.0 is the cornerstone of the mobile clients on Android and Ubuntu Touch, as well as the upcoming cloud version. As such, LibreOffice 5.0 serves as the foundation of current developments and is a great platform to extend, innovate and collaborate!" reads the announcement from The Document Foundation.

Whatever changes are coming to Ubuntu Touch, don't expect everything to arrive at once. The viewer will probably be the first to land, but they are not stopping there.