The New Google Drive Will Make It Easier To Sync Your Desktop Files

 

The New Google Drive Will Make It Easier To Sync Your Desktop Files


Google's new Drive desktop app is expected to replace both the Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync apps.

Google is introducing the new Drive app, which will merge and replace the features of the outgoing Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync apps in order to better manage files for both home users and enterprise needs.

Google explained in a recent blog post that the new Drive app is intended to be a unified client that allows you to quickly and easily share and sync your files across all of your devices and in the cloud. Home users have relied on the Backup and Sync app for syncing and uploading files for the past few years (it replaced the previous Drive app in 2017/2018). Businesses, on the other hand, relied on the Drive File Stream app to manage their commercial storage needs.

Google is now attempting to simplify its storage solutions with the new Drive app, which will replace both of its existing home and enterprise apps with a single piece of software that will support both Windows PCs and Macs.

Google claims that the new Drive will include all of the best features of its previous solutions, such as the ability to upload and sync photos and videos to Google Photos and/or Google Drive, sync external storage devices with data from the cloud, and mirror content between the cloud and your local devices, making any potentially important files faster and easier to access.

The new Drive app will also include new support for Google Drive shared folders, which was previously unavailable in the Backup and Sync app. The Google Drive app is also said to have scheduling integration with both Google Meet and Microsoft Outlook.



Notably, it appears Google is hoping to quickly transition users from its old apps to the new Drive app, with Google stating that it will begin surfacing alerts asking Backup and Sync users to switch to the Drive app “in the coming weeks,” with Google recommending that users fully switch over by September.

After September, Google says Backup and Sync users will receive a notification informing them that they must transition to the Drive app to continue syncing files, with the Backup and Sync app scheduled to cease operations on October 1.

While being forced to switch from one app to another is always an annoyance, the new Drive app combines the features of two apps into one, so the transition shouldn't be too difficult and may even help people free up some space on their taskbars and docks. Meanwhile, business users can find more information on what this transition means for them here.

According to Google, the transition to the new Drive app will begin next week, on July 19, with ongoing prompts and notifications sent to Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream users throughout the summer.

 

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