In-app support for shared Google drives (new feature, was not present in Backup and Sync).

Locally mounted Drive folders in either Stream or Mirror mode-automatically downloading files on-demand or automatically prefetching all files from the cloud.

(Optional) two-way file and folder synchronization-automatically download files to local folders and vice versa.

Syncing external storage devices (thumb drives, USB hard drives, and SSDs) to Google Drive.

Uploading and syncing photos to Google cloud storage-including automatic compression and resizing, for those choosing 'Storage saver' rather than original image quality.

Featuresįrankly, there doesn't appear to be much new in the upgraded app-the update looks like more of a clean-up and unification effort than anything else. The new Drive app builds in features from Google Photos, Backup and Sync (the old, primarily consumer app), and Drive File Stream (the old, business-targeted version).

Google has released a new Google Drive desktop app that replaces old versions for both home and business.

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