Google Drive 2.19 is updated to bring Material Design to the Android application, and a redesign of the interface - now doped with machine learning - to simplify navigation, and make access to files faster. This version also improves the document scanning interface. In addition, a dark mode is in test. Here is everything that changes in this version, and of course how to download the update or directly the APK.
Google Drive centralizes all your files in the cloud for you to access on all your devices. The Android application goes to version 2.19.132.06 with a number of changes to the interface. The first is the move to Material Design - the new, uncluttered Google graphic chart, based on "card" presentations and more intuitive navigation. The Material Theme had started landing in the app in mid-March.
It is now more widely available through version 2.16 of the application. The most visible change of ergonomics is undoubtedly the new navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen. The application is now organized into Home, Favorites, Sharing and Files tabs. In addition to the menu always accessible at the top, to the left of the search bar.
The homepage is adorned with machine learning. It displays the files "that are most important to you". This selection shows the latest open files, frequently shared documents, and some documents that change depending on the time of day. The idea is that you spend the least amount of time searching for a document.
The suggestions are presented in the form of full-width maps so that the user does not need to open them, and can instead quickly browse them. In between, the Favorites and Sharing tabs do exactly what you imagine. The last tab, Files, is a more traditional presentation of your drive files, split into My Drive, Computer, and Team Drives (if you are a G Suite subscriber).
There is also a button to change the account to the right of the search bar. And a new action menu that includes the most common actions at the top. Version 2.19.132.06 also includes an enhanced document scanning experience. The UI to take the picture is now the native UI and not an integrated interface inherited from Cream Sandwitch. Finally, some users running Android 9 Pie and later report that a dark mode is in test.
It is not accessible to all users, and requires to activate the system dark mode via the options developers. Version 2.16 is being pushed to the Google Play Store. If it is not yet available at home, you can also save time by downloading the APK directly via APK Mirror:
Google Drive moves to Material Design
It is now more widely available through version 2.16 of the application. The most visible change of ergonomics is undoubtedly the new navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen. The application is now organized into Home, Favorites, Sharing and Files tabs. In addition to the menu always accessible at the top, to the left of the search bar.
The homepage is adorned with machine learning. It displays the files "that are most important to you". This selection shows the latest open files, frequently shared documents, and some documents that change depending on the time of day. The idea is that you spend the least amount of time searching for a document.
The suggestions are presented in the form of full-width maps so that the user does not need to open them, and can instead quickly browse them. In between, the Favorites and Sharing tabs do exactly what you imagine. The last tab, Files, is a more traditional presentation of your drive files, split into My Drive, Computer, and Team Drives (if you are a G Suite subscriber).
How to download Google Drive APK
There is also a button to change the account to the right of the search bar. And a new action menu that includes the most common actions at the top. Version 2.19.132.06 also includes an enhanced document scanning experience. The UI to take the picture is now the native UI and not an integrated interface inherited from Cream Sandwitch. Finally, some users running Android 9 Pie and later report that a dark mode is in test.
It is not accessible to all users, and requires to activate the system dark mode via the options developers. Version 2.16 is being pushed to the Google Play Store. If it is not yet available at home, you can also save time by downloading the APK directly via APK Mirror:
