Google Drive users will be able to see all the files they have stored in the company’s cloud service on their desktop without downloading them, thanks to a new feature the company announced Thursday.

The Google Drive desktop client is dead. Long live Google Drive File Stream! Actually, also long live Google Backup & Sync! Google has just announced the general availability of its new Drive File ...

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This is a reminder that late last year Google launched two new applications for working with Google Drive files. Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync are set to replace the current Google Drive for ...

Google today announced the launch of new desktop application for Google Drive users, called Drive File Stream, which is now available to G Suite customers. The app will serve as a replacement for the ...

Drive File Stream is a Mac and Windows app that lets enterprise users access files stored in Google’s cloud on demand, and it’s now being renamed to “Google Drive for desktop.” This rename was quietly ...

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Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. The Google Drive desktop client isn't very great (at least on ...

Google Drive is growing up a little bit today. At its enterprise-focused Cloud Next conference, Google is announcing a set of changes that will make the product more palatable for businesses — and ...

Frankly, 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. Major features include: According to Google’s ...

CORRECTION (9/8/17, 10:15am): An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that Google was getting rid of Google Drive entirely, rather than updating the app with Backup & Sync. The post has ...

The Google Drive app on Mac and PC shuts down on March 12, 2018. Time to upgrade to Backup and Sync (consumers) or Drive File Stream (enterprise). With 20+ years of experience covering consumer tech ...