Google Welds Gmail to Google Drive to Offer 10GB Email Attachment Capacity
Email has in many ways been stuck in the stone age, particularly when it comes to attachments, with limits of between 10-30MB or so, depending on the provider. Now, Google has cleverly welded together their Google Drive cloud storage launched in April with their Gmail service to fix this limitation. Starting today for users who opt in to Gmail’s new compose experience, they will be able to attach files stored in Google Drive to their emails.
These will actually be links to the files, which remain stored in Drive and can be up to a gargantuan 10GB in size! One effect of this, is that the latest version of the file will always be available. Whether this is a benefit or not depends on the purpose of the attachment and the recipient’s needs.
Like a smart assistant, Gmail will also double-check that your recipients all have access to any files youre sending. This works like Gmails forgotten attachment detector: whenever you send a file from Drive that isnt shared with everyone, youll be prompted with the option to change the files sharing settings without leaving your email. Itll even work with Drive links pasted directly into emails.
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