Google Drive is making it easier to find exactly the files you need

Date:
Wed, 17 May 2023 12:30:45 +0000

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The Google Drive redesign is getting a redesign to make it easier for you to find files you need to access regularly.

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Google Drive is playing with a tweaked homepage, despite only recently
rolling out an entire UX refresh under the Material You program.

The official Google Drive Twitter account shared a view of the new Home tab looks to have made its way to the sidebar, located above the My Drive view which is currently the default entry point for most Drive users.

Inside the Home view, a pair of view buttons at the top of the page seemingly allow users to alternate between a Suggested and Activity view. Google Drive makeover

Suggested will likely surface work that has been accessed recently or that is accessed regularly, thus similar in nature to the Suggested view that currently appears at the top of the My Drive page.

Activity serves almost as a notification center for new file activity, including comments, changes, and access requests. Read more

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Google says that its testing a new homepage in Drive with a group of users
and its unclear when a full rollout will occur - if at all.

This is all in an effort to help users of the cloud storage platform find the work they need more quickly, and ultimately, with fewer clicks.

Earlier this month, the company also introduced a new Spam folder to the sidebar which served much the same purpose as any spam folder you would find elsewhere. Moving a file to spam will unsubscribe a user from activity notifications and remove the file from all Drive locations apart from the
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