Google rolls out a 'smoother' Drive app for Android

The competition for your cloud business continues between Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Dropbox, Box and other competitors. Today Google takes its next step, with an attempt to make the experience better for Android customers with, what it terms, a "smoother" experience.

The search giant claims that Drive files will now be displayed in a clean, simple card-style. This will allow users to swipe between files to see large previews that will permit them to quickly review and discover the information they are looking for. If a customer wishes to keep some Drive files on his or her Android device, they will now be able to "download a copy" from the actions menu inside settings.

The new version of the app also contains a "Scan" feature that will enable customers to track paper documents like receipts, letters, and billing statements. OCR will take care of the rest, turning the document into a PDF.

Finally Google enhances the editing capabilities in Sheets, with the ability to adjust font types and sizes for a spreadsheet and tweak the cell text colors and cell alignment right from the app.

"The process of creating and accessing your stuff shouldn’t be, well...a process. Today, the Drive app for Android is getting several improvements to make creating and accessing your stuff on-the-go even easier", says Denis Teplyashin, Software Engineer for Google. The update is available now.