Gadgetory

hi I'm Jay market baby associate editor with cnet here to take a first look at Google Drive for android if you haven't heard Google Drive is out and it is essentially Google's answer to Dropbox you can put files in it and it'll automatically sync to the cloud so you can access your files anytime from any of your devices now first thing to mention is that Google Drive actually has replaced the Google Docs app for Android so if you've updated the app then you'll notice the new name and icon but don't worry the new dr appt has all of the docs functionality built in just like on the web google drive for android opens up to your main dashboard where you can see all of the files in your drive if you want you can also browse by the categories from here everything should feel familiar if you've used google docs the layout is the same you can rename delete and add collaborators and you can view and edit the various types of Google Docs files of course to start a new document tap the button up top here one thing you'll notice is that now with drive you can add photos or upload pretty much any kind of file you have on your device and of course you can access any of those files once they're on your drive as well and that's really the biggest difference would drive one thing I really like is the ability to make files available offline which is great if you have important documents that you need to access while traveling where I think Google Drive needs to step it up is sharing with Dropbox I can share files with friends by creating a download link for them and unfortunately Google Drive can't do that overall google drive for android is solid it's nothing groundbreaking really but it works I haven't run into any problems with sinking or accessing my files and all the docs functionality is great again I'm jmark a baby and this is google drive for android you