14 DAY TRIAL // As announced at I/O earlier this year, Google is rolling out a bunch of productivity improvements for its Workspace apps on Android tablets.
Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and keep are getting lots of goodies, starting with the support for dragging and dropping files, including text and images.
“One of the best features to get things done on tablets is multitasking across two windows at once. So we’ve built out new ways to use Google Workspace apps when you have two screens open on your large-screen device. You can now easily drag text or images from apps, such as Chrome or Sheets, and drop that content right into an existing document or spreadsheet cell,” Google says.
Using drag and drop, you can also quickly upload files to Google Drive, while in Google Keep, you can insert images in the notes with the same gesture.
If you use a tablet that also has a keyboard (so you therefore have a 2-in-1 device), the new update also comes with good news for you. Google is introducing keyboard shortcuts to work with files, all using familiar combinations.
“Tablets are often connected to keyboards and used as an alternative to laptops. If you are using an attached keyboard to help type, you can now use simple and familiar keyboard shortcuts, such as select, cut, copy, paste, undo and redo, to quickly navigate around Drive, Docs and Slides, without needing to slow down and take your hands off the keys,” Google says.
And last but not least, Google Drive is getting support for running two windows side-by-side.
“In Drive, sometimes you need to drill down into folders to see the file you need. To get better insights into your Drive files, you can now open two Drive windows side-by-side. Simply select the three-dot menu on any Drive file and tap on the "Open in new window" option. This helps you get the information you need without losing your current view or needing to hit the back button multiple times,” Google says.