2017 - Google Drive Online

The End of an Era: 2017—The Year Google Drive Transformed If you’ve noticed your desktop cloud icon looks a bit different lately, you aren’t alone. 2017 has been a watershed year for , marking the biggest shift in how we interact with the cloud since its launch in 2012.

2017 is the year Google Drive grew up. By moving away from a simple "sync folder" and toward a "streamed file system," Google is preparing us for a future where hard drive capacity no longer dictates our productivity. 2017 - Google Drive

The headline of the year arrived in September: Google officially deprecated the Google Drive desktop app for Mac and PC. December 11, 2017. Shut Down Date: March 12, 2018. The End of an Era: 2017—The Year Google