Google offered 15GB of free space to unifies cloud storage across Gmail, Drive and Google+
As a part of the
process of integrating its various products, Google has now made changes to the
way data is used, accessed and stored in free cloud storage offered with
products such as Gmail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos. Google announced that
instead of offering 10GB storage for Gmail and another 5GB for Drive and
Google+ Photos, it will now offer 15GB of unified storage, which can be used
between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos.
The move would give
more flexibility to users, allowing them to make optimal use of cloud storage
for the service they use the most. For instance, users who majorly use Gmail
would be able to get 15GB of space instead of 10GB if they don't use Drive or
Google+ photos. Similarly, users who store lots of data in Drive but don't use
Gmail would get much more space in Drive compared to what they were getting
earlier.
It also means that
Gmail users who could earlier upgrade to a 25GB mailbox at max when they
upgraded to a 100GB Drive plan, would be able to use the full 100GB offered in
the same plan and upgrade to up to 16TB storage. The consolidated space would
be grouped under Drive and users will also be able to check how much of the
space they've been using for individual services. They'll be able to see a
breakdown of storage use across Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos when they
hover over the pie chart that depicts Drive usage on the Google Drive storage
page.
The changes to Google
Drive storage will be rolled out over the next couple of weeks, according to
Google. Google Apps users will also be getting shared storage shortly and
they'll be able to share their 30GB unified space across Gmail, Drive and
Google+ photos.Google had earlier announced a "Save to Drive" button
to save files directly from websites if websites added a code to enable it.
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