Finding your way through your Google Drive files could be a lot easier: there's evidence that you'll soon be able to sort your files into different groups, such as banking and work, to keep them better organized.
This is according to hidden code detected in the Google Drive app by TheSpAndroid (via Android Police). Applications often lay the coding foundation for future features, before those features go live and are announced to users.
Depending on the application, the categories you can use are Auto, Banking, Expenses, Home, ID, Insurance, Medical, Pets, School, Taxes, Travel and Work. As of this leak, it doesn't look like custom tags are allowed, but those 12 categories cover the business of modern living pretty well.
As Android Police points out, these categories are similar to the tagging system that businesses can use in Google Workspace. However, this should also be available for individual users, on Android, iOS, and the web.
How will it work?
Here's how it will work: From the Home tab of the Android app, you'll be able to tap the three dots next to a file and then choose it from the list of categories. A file can be in multiple categories, potentially making the feature more useful than the current folder system.
We're not getting any indication here as to when the switch might be flipped to give users access to file categories – the report on TheSpAndroid says “it's not coming very soon,” so presumably there's still work to be done before it's ready. for the public.
Given Google's recent and very committed push toward AI features, it's possible that some form of AI processing is also involved in categorizing files (or at least suggesting categories based on a file name or its name). content). The suggested categories appear on the screens generated by the hidden code.
We now know that Google I/O 2024 will begin on May 14 of this year, so among all the news about Android 15 and Pixel 8a, we may get an announcement or two about new Google Drive features and of course , we will bring them to you. all the news of the event.
