Google Drive updated with important playback and search improvements،
Google Drive just gained a few new features and improvements in just one week. Reading and search improvements are part of Google Drive's last two updates, so expect some of them to appear in your app very soon.
Among the biggest changes added to the app, improvements to the Google Drive search experience include three key aspects:
- Simplify how you access query filters by introducing accessible filter categories directly below the search bar and including filters for file type, owners, and last modification.
- Showing you relevant query filters as you type your query, allowing you to easily select a filter and saving the time and effort of typing the full search.
- Added the ability to further refine your search after reaching the search results page.
The bad news is that these improvements are only rolling out to iOS devices, although Google has said that Android users will also benefit from them very soon. More importantly, these changes are already available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, as well as users with personal Google accounts. In addition to search improvements, Google Drive also gets new reading features. Basically, Google is adding the ability to generate and play Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) video transcodes for all videos uploaded to Drive.
This means that users will get higher or lower resolution playback depending on the quality of their local network. Following this update, Google Drive users should notice improvements in the time it takes between clicking play and actually starting playback, as well as a reduction in re-buffering during normal playback and during playback. higher speeds.
This specific update is now rolling out to all Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. It's worth mentioning that these playback improvements only apply to new videos uploaded to Drive at the moment, but existing videos will be updated by the end of the year. Google says.