Google on
Wednesday updated its Google Drive app for Android users to version
1.3.222.29, bringing numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and
UI tweaks.
Although the updated app page
notes 'bug fixes and performance improvements' only, there are some
changes that have been rolled out secretly in the Google Drive app. It
has added a new floating shortcut bar at the bottom of the screen with
Upload, Create and Scan options. Notably it's the only change that has
been rolled out in India at present.
Other than that, the cloud
storage app gets Google-coloured refresh animation (it was plain blue
before),
notes
Android Police, which also has the signed apk handy. Google Drive's
multi-user switcher now expands in-line instead of opening a drop-down
menu, and the Settings menu now includes Program Policies below 'Open
source licenses'. Although all these changes are not yet rolled out to
India, users can download the Google-signed apk to update early.
Last
month, Google had announced standalone offline document editing apps - Docs, Sheets, and Slides -
for both Android and iOS platforms.
As the company had mentioned
at the announcement of the Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps, the Google
Drive app has done away with the ability to edit documents and sheets
within the app itself.
Earlier in March, Google had slashed
the prices of paid plans of its Drive cloud storage service. Users will
have to just pay $1.99 (Rs. 120 approximately) per month for 100GB
storage (previously $4.99 per month), $9.99 (Rs. 600 approximately) per
month for 1TB storage (previously $49.99), and $99.99 (Rs. 6,000
approximately) for 10TB storage.
Notably, the new Google Drive
storage prices are way below what
OneDrive and
Dropbox charge.
Microsoft's recently rebranded OneDrive costs $25 (Rs. 1,500
approximately) per year for only 50GB storage, while 100GB OneDrive
storage space costs about $50 (Rs. 3,000 approximately) per year.
Dropbox charges $9.99 (Rs. 600 approximately) a month - or $99 (Rs.
6,000 approximately) a year if paid annually - for 100GB of storage.
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