Today cloud storage services have become fashionable. Thanks to them we can store all kinds of information without having to host them on a physical system such as a hard drive. Among the best known and most used services we find Google Drive , owned by Google, one of the leaders in the sector. Despite stiff competition, Google Drive has enough arguments to face them thanks to its full integration with the Google universe.
Despite its growing popularity, there are still many users who have not incorporated Google Drive into their day-to-day tasks, wasting time on operations that they could comfortably perform with the Google cloud. That is why today we are going to tell you four reasons why we should use Google Drive to improve our productivity.
Full integration with Google
If Google Drive is characterized by something, it is by its total integration with Google services . To access we only need to have a Gmail account. If we have an email with an attached file, we can easily go to Google Drive and save it in a safe place. It also has compatibility with Google Photos where we can make backup copies of our photos. Additionally, Drive can recognize objects in images and text in scanned documents.
Access and modify files from any device
Google Drive is a multi-device cloud storage service, so we can access it from our computer, mobile or tablet. In this way we can have all our files and photos synchronized between our devices, as well as create or edit them from anywhere. In addition, we have 15 GB of free storage with the possibility of creating folders and subfolders to always have our files in order.
Create surveys and forms
An interesting and very useful feature that Drive incorporates is Google Forms . With this tool we can create virtual polls whose answers will be stored automatically through a spreadsheet that also allows generating graphs. In addition, the options we have when it comes to shaping our form are almost endless and we can add photos or videos instead of a question.
Scan documents and work offline
If we have paper documents, we can scan it with Drive from its mobile application. In this way we can have a copy of our invoices, receipts, etc. in the cloud saved as PDF files. In the same way, it is also possible to work without an Internet connection to always have our most important files available, even if we are in areas with poor coverage or on a plane. Most files allow access to the history of the last 30 days and thus check if changes were made to them.
