Google Drive for Android brings multiple file downloads, sharing and more

Google Drive has updated its Android app with some improvements. The latest update bumps the app to version 2.2.233 and adds the ability to download and share multiple files.

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Google Drive OCR technology now works for over 200 different languages

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Google’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology in Google Drive that turns pictures of text into computer text is now expanded to over 200 different languages. Until now, company had offered this OCR feature for English language only. Continue reading “Google Drive OCR technology now works for over 200 different languages”

Google Drive for Android gets better file sharing, 23 new languages

Google Drive for Android Share from Notification

Google has updated its Drive app for Android that now lets you share files easily from the notification shade. Once you upload a file to Drive you will receive a notification after if finishes. Now it also includes an option to share with other people for faster sharing, instead of opening the Drive app once again to share it. Continue reading “Google Drive for Android gets better file sharing, 23 new languages”

WhatsApp likely to backup chat history with Google Drive integration

WhatsApp is looking forward to bringing a simpler way for its more than 700 million users to save their chat history. The popular mobile messaging app could bring Google Drive integration to restore you conversations.

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Google Drive updated with Office file editing capabilities

Gmail web users can now easily open and edit Microsoft Office attachments. The company is adding adding conversion support in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for 15 new Office file formats.

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Google Drive for iOS gets Touch ID support, video downloading and more

Google has updated Drive for iPhone and iPad with a couple of iO8 specific features. Users can now open files from Drive, and save back to Drive from other apps on your device if you’re using iOS 8.

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HTC now offers double free storage on Google Drive for One (M8), One Max and others

HTC is doubling its free storage space on HTC One (M8) and HTC One Max smartphones. In addition, handsets like HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610 are also getting the additional free storage space. HTC One M8-2 Continue reading “HTC now offers double free storage on Google Drive for One (M8), One Max and others”

Google slashes Google Drive prices, likely starting a price war of cloud storage

Google Drive service was started by Google to tackle the many cloud storage companies like Dropbox, Box. Now it is one among the important Google products and is closely tied to your Google Plus profile and GMail. Each time you open a GMail account, you get 15GB free storage option that includes the size of your attachments and your files in Google Drive. Beyond the free 15GB, users had to pay to get more storage from Google.

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Google Drive for Android updated with Quick preview, Document scanning and more

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Google has updated the Google Drive app for Android to version 1.2.182.25 that brings lot of new features including a  new grid view, previews, Document scanning using the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology that lets you scan your receipts, cards etc. and save it as PDF, better Spreadsheet editor, option to download a copy of files and lots more new features. Continue reading “Google Drive for Android updated with Quick preview, Document scanning and more”

Google Docs for Android is now Google Drive, adds new features

Google has finally launched the Google Drive, and the Google Docs for Android has been re-branded as Google Drive that adds new features in the version 1.0.77. The free space has also been increased to 5GB and you can also upload or download all types of file to the Google Drive from the app. Continue reading “Google Docs for Android is now Google Drive, adds new features”