Smartsheet Loves Mobile

Today marks the release of version 1.2 of our native iOS app for Smartsheet.  Apple users will get into the app and get their work done even faster than before with this latest update.  We’ve made the grid more interactive, attachments & discussions easier to work with, and eliminated up to 40% of the “taps” it takes to edit a row.

We’re really proud of these changes and I’ll describe them in more detail below, but first I’d like to talk about Smartsheet’s commitment to mobile and where we see the space going. 

And, I’ll show a peek at the native Android app coming this summer.

I'm Erik Rucker and I joined Smartsheet at the end of February, just as we were releasing version 1.1 of Smartsheet for iOS.  I came from 20+ years at Microsoft, largely spent building Office and most recently shipping Mac Office 2011, OneNote for iPhone & iPad, Mac Lync, and more. 

I came to Smartsheet because I loved the product and the opportunity, and because I knew the company was making a big commitment to mobile. 

It was clear that the key to executing on that commitment was hiring and I’m thrilled with the progress we’ve made.  We’ve hired three new full-time mobile developers in the last two months and have a significant portion of the Android app running and a significant part of iOS 1.3 already built. 

Oh, and that third mobile developer hasn’t even started yet!

Mobile Roadmap

The long-term mobile plan is easy to describe: beautiful full-featured mobile apps that make using Smartsheet rock wherever you are.  Apps available on the platforms you want, that will provide the features you need.  They will elegantly blend the Smartsheet experience you’re used to with the platform specific look and feel you expect.  Simple.

Getting there is hard but still not that complicated. 

The first big stop is clearly Android. 

The Android app is tracking well to a summer release and will be closer to “mid” than “late” summer.  Here’s what it looks like today (please note that the artwork is whatever we had at hand – it will be far better looking when we ship):

Following this initial Android version, we’ll ship a series of releases adding more power to both the iOS and Android applications. 

We're getting close!  Sign up here to be the first to know when Smartsheet is available on Android.

We’re working hard to help you accomplish even more with Smartsheet on your phone or tablet and have some great things on the way this year.

iOS 1.2 New Features

Today’s release brings three new things:

• Polished Interface – we’ve updated the app’s UI to make it faster to find your data and to make the changes you need.  You can now tap on a row in the Grid view to open it directly:
  
  If you Press & Hold on a row in the List view, you can jump directly to edit or can insert a new row above it:
  
  And Discussions and Attachments are now much easier to access:
  
• Single Sign On – users can now use their corporate accounts to log into Smartsheet.
• Extensive API usage – now that the API has shipped, we’ve moved the iOS app to communicate with Smartsheet through the API.  This will make it faster to bring features to mobile and provides a great way for us to verify the API.

We’re proud of this version of Smartsheet for iOS, but even more than that, we’re really excited about the growth of the team and the new tools on the way.  Stay tuned!

- Erik Rucker
Director of Mobile