Amazon suggests that the decision to shut down Amazon Drive is for it to focus on Amazon Photos for photo/video storage. So, probably, the company now wants to enhance the Amazon Photos experience so that it can rival the currently popular Google Photos and even Apple’s iCloud photo library. You won’t be able to use Amazon Drive after December 31, 2023. File uploading will be stopped after January 31, 2023. The Amazon Drive app on Android and iOS will also be taken but this will happen much earlier; on October 31, 2022.
While photos and videos on Amazon Drive will automatically be saved to Amazon Photos, other files still need to be downloaded and moved to other cloud storage. The good thing is that there’s a lot of time for it. And if you are thinking of what to do next, you can check out our article on the best cloud storage servicesto make a decision.
The company advises storing the files locally and if there are size limitations, the Amazon Photos Desktop app is strongly recommended for it allows the download of around 5GB/1000 files at the same time. In case you want to, you can also cancel the Amazon Drive subscription by visiting the Manage Storage page on the Amazon Drive website. More details are available on an FAQ page and you can check it out to know more. For those who don’t know, Amazon Drive was launched in 2011 and also included 5GB of free storage. It seems like it couldn’t gain much popularity as compared to other more-used platforms and as a result, is succumbing to the competition! It remains to be seen what new plans Amazon has for Amazon Photos. So, what are your thoughts on this decision by Amazon? Do let us know in the comments below. Amazon has been expanding its shopping service from the online world to the real world by opening physical retail stores in the US. First, the American e-tailer opened a high-tech grocery store called Amazon Go in many cities across the US. And now, Amazon has announced that it will inaugurate its first apparel and fashion store in the US dubbed as Amazon Style. It will be the “first-ever physical apparel store” by the e-commerce giant and allow shoppers to digitally transfer physical products to trial rooms or the cash counter. Does it sound confusing? Read the whole story to know the details. Although Amazon has opened Amazon Go stores in various regions, the company did not have a physical store to sell clothing and fashion products till now. However, the Seattle giant is aiming to change that soon by opening its first apparel store at The Americana in the Brand shopping mall in Los Angeles.
As is with Amazon’s other retail stores, the Amazon Style outlet will leverage the company’s digital shopping features to deliver a one-of-a-kind shopping experience to customers. For starters, customers will be able to use the Amazon Shopping app on their smartphones to send products that they like to the trial room to try them out or directly to the cash counter for billing.
Amazon says that customers will find unique QR codes on clothing items that they can scan to get details about the products’ sizes, colors, and more. The scanned products will be saved in the Amazon app. After choosing the desired color and size of a product, a customer will be able to send the product to a trial/ fitting room to try them out. You can check out the in-store feature in action in the official promo video for the Amazon Style store below.
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