Google Drive is a cloud storage and file synchronization service developed by Google that offers 15 GB of free storage. It allows users to create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online through Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Files can be shared with other users and accessed on mobile devices through separate Google Drive apps. Google Drive was first launched in 2012 and is continuously updated across platforms and with new features like Quick Access for faster file searching.

1. Google Drive
By: Eng Manaf Adnan

2. Overview
Google Drive is a cloud storage and
synchronization service developed by
Google.
It also encompasses Google Docs, Sheets,
and Slides, a suite that allows
collaborative editing of presentations,
documents, and spreadsheets. All files
made from Google are saved in Google
Drive.

3. Overview
Google Drive offers 15 GB storage for free,
and optional pain plans are offered in 100
GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 10 TB, 20 TB, and 30 TB
storage. Users can upload a maximum of
a 5-TB file.

4. Sharing, Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, Quick Access, Mobile Apps
Features

5. Sharing
Google Drive offers a file sharing in which
the owner, the creator, can regulate the
public visibility of the file.
Ownership is transferable. Files can be
shared with users with Google account.

6. Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets
Google Drive is not only a cloud storage, but
also used to create documents (Docs),
presentations (Slides), and spreadsheets
(Sheets) online.
This suite is collaborative.

7. Quick Access
Quick Access makes finding/accessing a file
in the storage more faster.
This feature can be used in Android in 2016
and the web and iOs in March 2017.

8. Mobile Apps
The separate Google Docs, Sheets, and
Slides app on Android allows users to edit
their files in their mobile devices.
Google Drive allows users to take photo of a
document, sign, and use optical character
recognition to convert to text that can be
edited.

9. History

10. Platforms History
Google Drive was launched on April 24,
2012 and it is made available on Windows,
MacOS, Android, and website interface.
On June 2012, the iOS app was made
available.

11. Platforms History
In 2014, the website platform received a
visual overhaul that gave a completely
new look and improvised performance.
In 2016, it changed the visual elements in
the website that includes logo, search box,
and the primary color red was changed to
blue.

12. Platforms History
In June 2017, Google announced that a new
app, "Backup and Sync", would replace
the existing, individual Google Drive and
Google Photos Backups apps, creating
one unified app.

13. Procedure

14. Procedure
STEP 1:
Log in to your google account by going to
drive.google.com.
You will see the “My Drive” where you
store your files

15. Procedure
STEP 2:
Click “NEW” and choose between “File/Folder
Upload” and “Google Docs, Sheets, and
Slides”

16. Procedure
STEP 3:
To share or to make a file accessible to edit or
to see, just right-click a file and click “Share.”
You could edit participants and customize other
options in the panel.

17. Thank you!