{"id":614,"date":"2024-12-17T07:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=614"},"modified":"2024-12-17T07:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:01:47","slug":"files-by-google-has-a-new-pdf-viewer-and-its-ditching-google-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/17\/files-by-google-has-a-new-pdf-viewer-and-its-ditching-google-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Files by Google has a new PDF viewer, and it&#8217;s ditching Google Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s all about a better viewing and sharing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:650\/DHBUGU9NDPcNNLvihKXmJ5.jpeg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Google is rolling out a new PDF viewer for the Files by Google app, as it shared in a recent update to the app&#8217;s Play Store listing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The old PDF viewer incorporated Google Drive, but now, the new one is specific to Google Files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s easier to share, star, and take actions while viewing a PDF while using the new Files by Google interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Files by Google is getting a minor upgrade that could improve your PDF viewing experience. The app is rolling out a new view that leverages a custom PDF viewer, rather than using the integrated one fromGoogle Drive. This will make accessing certain options easier, such as starring a PDF or sharing it with others. Alternatively, you can still use the PDF viewer in the Google Drive app if you prefer the previous user-interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google previewed the change in an update to the &#8220;What&#8217;s new&#8221; section of the Files by Googleapp listing onthe Google Play Store. &#8220;Over the next few weeks, we\u2019re rolling out improvements to your experience with PDF files,&#8221; the note reads. &#8220;Print, find content, or access markup tools whenever you open a PDF in the Files app.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/12\/16\/files-by-google-pdf-viewer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9to5Google<\/a>first spotted that the change was rolling out to users of version 1.5687 of the Google Files app after a server-side tweak. Android Central confirmed the new PDF viewer on its devices, but notably, one device had to be updated toAndroid 15before the change took effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the new look of the PDF viewer in Files by Google in the screenshots below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Google-1745679-W18-030N1A\">W18-030N1A Charger for Google Home Nest Hub Max Audio Charger<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JS8osd24PJZhzVjAhtSUdM-970-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From left to right: Old PDF viewer, new PDF viewer, new PDF viewer + overflow menu.(Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the overflow menu lets you access key options that weren&#8217;t available using the previous UI. With the old version, some menu buttons were only accessible through the list view of documents in theFiles by Google app. They weren&#8217;t there after the PDF was opened using the external Drive viewer, but that has been rectified with the new Files by Google custom PDF viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>Find<\/strong>and<strong>Save to Drive<\/strong>icons have been replaced with<strong>Star<\/strong>and<strong>Share<\/strong>on the new viewer. These can be pressed without opening the overflow menu. The new overflow menu includes more options, including<strong>Use as<\/strong>,<strong>Open with<\/strong>,<strong>Move to Trash<\/strong>,<strong>Move to<\/strong>,<strong>Copy to<\/strong>,<strong>Move to Safe folder<\/strong>,<strong>File info<\/strong>,<strong>Find in file<\/strong>, and<strong>Print<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the markup button (floating action button) has been redesigned, and some files will have a<strong>Google Lens<\/strong>button above it that quickly opensCircle to Search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Google-1738551-C1552B\">C1552B Battery for Google Pixel C Tablet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s all about a better viewing and sharing experience. What you need to know Files by Google is getting a minor upgrade that could improve your PDF viewing experience. The app is rolling out a new view that leverages a custom PDF viewer, rather than using the integrated one fromGoogle Drive. This will make accessing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/17\/files-by-google-has-a-new-pdf-viewer-and-its-ditching-google-drive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Files by Google has a new PDF viewer, and it&#8217;s ditching Google Drive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}