14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just released a major update for OneDrive on Android, this time with several notable improvements that Samsung users are going to love.
First and foremost, there’s a redesigned home screen, and it looks similar to the one already available on iOS, supporting OneDrive work, school and home accounts. It requires at least Android 6.0.
“If you have a personal OneDrive account, you will see three main sections in the updated home screen: recently accessed files, files downloaded for offline use, and “On This Day” photos. If you have a OneDrive for work or school account, you will see recent files, shared libraries, and offline files. This new experience replaces the previous home screen which showed a root view of your files. You can still navigate to the root view by tapping the Files tab, which appears beside the Home tab,” Microsoft explains.
Hello, 8K support
A more important improvement is support for Samsung Motion Photos, which can now be uploaded and played right on OneDrive. This feature, however, only works on OneDrive personal accounts, again with Android 6.0 or newer required.
Worth mentioning is that playing Samsung live photos isn’t possible in OneDrive for iOS, so iPhone users would only see a still shot.
And last but not least, the update brings support for 8K videos.
“This month we are rolling out playback of Samsung 8K videos from Samsung Galaxy S20 and S21 phones. While most mobile device screens do not yet support full-resolution playback of 8K video, there are many reasons, beyond saving local storage space, that you might want to store your 8K video in OneDrive. For example, you might want to create crystal-clear still images from your videos, or upload the videos as 8K files to YouTube, or store them for later downloading to a video editing software, or play them in their full 8K clarity on a capable TV, monitor or VR headset,” Microsoft says.
The new features are available today for OneDrive users running an up-to-date app.