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Google Drive update lets you access stored documents in iOS 11 Files app

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Google Drive now supports the new Files app in iOS 11.

The hugely-popular cloud storage solution has introduced support for the Files app in both iPhone and iPad skews of the app, .

If you are running the latest version of Drive on an iPhone or iPad running iOS 11, head to the Files app and then More Locations.

This should now have a red badge besides it, indicating a compatible storage provider is installed on your device.

This means you’ll be able to manage documents, photographs, videos, and more, stored in the cloud with Google Drive.

What’s more, if you have Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides iOS apps installed on your iPhone or iPad, these will be automatically launched when you hit the relevant file within the Files app.

Files also supports new iOS 11 features like the ability to drag-and-drop files between apps and folders.

You can also drag multiples documents at a time.

The news comes as .

Google announced in a blog post that support for the Google Drive app for PC and Mac will end on December 11, with the app being shut down on March 12, 2018.

The Californian technology company will steer customers towards one of two replacement services depending on whether they’re a consumer or business user.

Google Drive the service isn’t going anywhere though, with it still accessible via smartphone apps and on web browsers.

There will now be two other Google apps that can be used for backing up data or accessing files in the cloud.

For consumers, there’s Backup and Sync which replaces the Google Drive and Google Photos Uploaders apps.

This offers virtually the same functionality as the Google Drive apps and work in a similar way.

For business users, Google has released the Drive File Stream.

This provides access to “all of your Google Drive files on demand, directly from your computer”.

Describing the benefits the service provides, Google said: “Say goodbye to time-consuming file syncing and any concerns about disk space.”