Among the most used Google services and applications cloud storage, known to everyone by its name: Google Drive. This allows us to save all types of files, and the Android application continues to add new features: drawing and notes in PDF and a smart function that deletes unwanted files.

One of its most practical uses is as a document scanner. Google knows this, in fact, a button is added to the new interface. load images faster. We tell you everything that’s changed in this update.

Dual floating buttons and a necessary simplification

As we read on 9to5Google, Google Redesign the Drive home page for Android (This should also be said for the Apple system) with a clear goal in mind: compress the interface to help us find the file we are looking for more easily.

Users with a Workspace account (paid, with extra tools to work with) currently see the ‘Priority’ tab as the first option in the bottom bar, but this is about to change. With the renewal of the mentioned interface, Will be renamed ‘Home’Just like standard accounts.

This won’t be the only change; ‘Suggestions’ tab at the top leave interface for cards It was the company that dominated the storage service until now. By replacing these, Drive will add a list view that can display many more files.

Therefore, the last activity showing us comments and replies In files, it goes to the subfield of the filename. Another tab we said goodbye to is ‘Notifications’. to feed ‘Event’ which we can already use in the web version.

Now, the slightly less important change that we would appreciate is the new direct access. By this we mean: new floating action button appears over the already existing ‘New’. Meanwhile, its shape becomes round, leaving the square design behind.

Before and after. Screenshots from 9to5Google

We can upload images faster with the camera button. Without knowing for sure, Google believes that users generally use this app as browser, hence the addition that speeds up this action. It also introduces a new behavior that will remember the last tab we used, thus avoiding any additional tapping the next time we open the app.

This redesign will reach Android users in the coming weeks, with no specific date known. Additionally, Workspace users will not only benefit from the changes, but also They will also reach personal accounts Google’s.

via | 9to5Google

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