Google Drive has been modified for the devices running on iOS. The file manager features are ultimate. You can take a look at all your documents and even edit it no matter where you are. The updated Google Drive app is now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
The app offers easy file manager features. This was not found in the older versions of Google Drive for iOS phones.
Design and layout
The updated Google Drive for iOS offers a more convenient design for viewing files and doc anytime and anywhere in much. The files and docs open faster and the layout shows the details and particulars, clearly.
- The views are list view, icon view, column view and coverflow view.
- Every view has its own advantage. You can view your files the way convenient to you.
- Supports landscape mode as well.
Sharing
In no time you can share your files and docs with an iMac. Your files are instantly transferred and stored. You can share your files and docs with any device that runs on iOS, provided that the device is installed with iStorage. Even Instashare app can work in the place of iStorage.
- Drag and drop your files anywhere you can. For example from iPhone to a cloud.
- Move files from one Google Drive folder to other Google Drive folders.
- Store your files safely and open them as and when you like. Storing files can be better if you take up to iStorage 2, the updated version. It gives you a faster folder management option.
Online and Offline access
To perform its functions, Google drive for iOS phones doesn’t need an internet connection. In case you want to post these files or share them on the internet, you can simply connect to the network and do so.
- You can view, edit and share your files and docs without the internet connected.
- To share the files online, connect to the network and do more than expect.
- You can download from Google Drive as well as upload files to the app.
1. View files and edit them: You can view and edit your files and docs whenever you prefer to.
- You can view doc/docx files, PDF files, excel and PowerPoint files on Google Drive.
- You can edit these files without any difficulty. It specially supports iWork files from Apple.
- You can also play music and video files.
2. Get linked: The Google Drive app helps you to find links to files on the drive. If you need to send an e-mail with a link to a specific file, you can;
- View the file, go to the details and click on “get link”
- The link of the file will be copied to the clipboard automatically.
These are the best features the app has out of the many good ones. Google has also introduced files previewing as a change in the technique of viewing files. You can view more than 30 files types and flip between them rapidly. Do Checkout out our guide on how to turn on dark mode in Google sheets.
