The official PWA for Google Drive app appears on Windows 10

Over the past 1 year, Google has mentioned a lot about the concept of PWA (Progressive Web App), especially the benefits that this type of application brings, and clearly shows The plan focuses on the PWA segment, making it an integral part of the company's service development direction.

To realize this ambition, Google has released quite a few PWA versions of a series of its popular products / services such as Photos, YouTube and Music. Recently, the company continued to release the PWA version of another very popular service: Google Drive.

Starting January 23, Google Drive users on Windows 10 can install the PWA version of this service on the system, allowing access to all files and documents faster and easier than the use of web-based platforms as usual. Besides the aforementioned improvement, Google Drive PWA in fact does not have much difference compared to other common applications. When the application is successfully installed, it will launch in a new window and allow you quick access to all files that are stored.

To install the PWA version of Google Drive on Windows 10, do the following:

1. Open Google Drive in a Chrome tab.
2. Once in Drive, click the + icon in the right corner of the address bar, next to the star bookmark icon.
3. A pop up appears asking if you want to install the Drive app, select Install / Install.
4. A new Drive app window appears, just like the current Drive web version, and a shortcut is also added to the desktop.

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The application is also available for Android now, which can be activated by accessing Drive, navigating to the q menu and selecting 'Add to Homescreen'.

Progressive Web App is traditional web applications upgraded with modern web technology, providing an experience similar to conventional applications. "Progressive" means that they are "incrementally upgraded" with modern web features, which can not only work on older browsers that do not support it but also work well with many features in current browsers. Great. Basically, PWA allows you to access websites faster because the framework is already stored on the system, and it is also designed to take advantage of other hardware features like Bluetooth and the camera effectively. fruit.

They will have their own windows and shortcuts on the taskbar (on Windows 10 and operating systems running Chrome) or icons on the home screen (with Android devices).