Intuit reports that design updates to QuickBooks Mobile for Android optimize the app for tablets, and make it easier to navigate and use on any mobile device. The app is available to download for QuickBooks Online subscribers on Google Play at no additional cost. QuickBooks Mobile enables small businesses to access customer information, create, send and review estimates and invoices, and record payments from Apple and Android mobile devices.

QuickBooks Mobile offers Android tablet users the same functionality provided to Android phone users, but with a native tablet experience. The app serves small businesses that want to accomplish more work on mobile devices. Industry analysts say the trend is on the fast track, with Android claiming a significant share:

• 32.5 percent of small businesses currently own tablets, and 31.6
  percent plan to purchase tablets in the next 12 months, according to
  an IDC report published in October.
• 31.9 percent of small businesses purchased or planned to purchase
  tablets in 2012 to substitute laptops, according to an iGR study
  released in March.
• The number of global tablet and smartphone users will surpass the
  number of PC users by July 2013, based on projections from KPCB
  partner Mary Meeker in a November presentation. She also noted that
  Android adoption is growing six times faster than that of iPhones.

“Small business owners want to get more done everyday, so mobile apps afford them a fantastic way to stay organized and productive from either their computers or mobile devices,” said Dan Wernikoff, senior vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Financial Management Solutions division. “In the past year, we’ve seen our QuickBooks Mobile users triple, and adoption amongst Android phone users outpace iPhone users.

“With tablets becoming pervasive, we’re creating QuickBooks Mobile experiences that take full advantage of the devices’ unique capabilities to help small businesses save time managing their finances. Today we’re giving customers what they want – a native tablet experience for our fast-growing population of Android users.”