A new partnership between Dropbox and Google Cloud will allows users to more effectively leverage G Suite tools across the Dropbox platform.

Whether the strategy will lead to long-term health for the company remains to be seen, but for me personally, it’s one of the points keeping me from giving Dropbox up and going all-in on Apple’s iCloud.Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: One related piece of news from the post is that Dropbox is also building native integrations for Gmail and Hangouts Chat, so you’ll be able to select files from your Dropbox account while using those services, plus a couple other small things.ĭropbox is pushing forward as a platform-agnostic, service-agnostic file hub for your working life.

The solid implementation of Dropbox’s existing support for Microsoft Office gives hope that the service will play just as nicely with Google when the time comes. It’s unknown, for instance, if the change will primarily impact Dropbox on the web, or if Dropbox’s mobile app will be also optimized to do things like preview Google files and open them in their appropriate iOS apps for editing one would hope mobile will reap the benefits too.

Today’s announcement post is unfortunately short on details of exactly when this integration will launch (besides saying “later this year”), or what it will look like.

It’s certainly good news for Dropbox users though, as Google Docs has long been the gold standard of web-based, collaborative document services. And when you’re working in Dropbox, you’ll be able to save Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides to your Dropbox account.Ĭonsidering how much effort Dropbox has poured into building its own Google Docs competitor in Dropbox Paper, it’s surprising to see the company embrace the competition wholeheartedly with a full-fledged integration like this. The most prominent of those new ties involves Google Docs:ĭropbox users will be able to create, open, edit, save, and share Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides directly from Dropbox. Today on its blog, Dropbox announced an exciting piece of news: the company will soon add integrations between its service and Google’s G Suite.

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