If you’re interested in online media investing, you’re going to want to hear Google’s latest announcement. On Thursday, September 7, Google (NASDAQ:$GOOGL) announced that the Google Drive app for desktop has officially been deprecated. Here’s everything you need to know!
On December 11, support will be cut off and the Google Drive app will completely shut down on March 12 of next year. For those still running the Drive app, you will start to see notifications next month telling you that it’s “going away”. Once these notifications pop up, Google will steer customers towards two replacement options. These options will depend on whether the customer is a consumer or a business user.
The removal of the Google Drive app shouldn’t be a cause for too much concern, as Google Drive the service will still be around. Customers will still be able to access their drive from the web, smartphone apps, and either of the software options that are mentioned below.
For those who don’t know, Google has two new software tools that allow you to backup your data and/or access files in the cloud. First and foremost, there’s ‘Backup and Sync’, which is an all-encompassing consumer app that has the ability to replace both the standalone Google Drive and various Google Photos Uploader apps.
On the enterprise side of the equation, Google rolled out Drive File Streamer, a software tool that lets an individual save space on their local drive while providing access to “all of your Google Drive files on demand, directly from your computer.” The benefits of Drive File Streamer? Google says you can “say goodbye to time-consuming file syncing and any concerns about disk space.”
Before deciding on which app to download, check out Google’s help pages to see which is the better fit, as there are a few differences between the two. The majority will take a liking to the Backup and Sync option, but power users have found issues with its lack of support for NAS drive.
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