Google Drive’s great asset, document sharing is nonetheless improvable. As proof, the tool will finally offer a more precise selection of users who can access certain files.
Today, it is difficult to collaborate on a project without using online storage services, which are increasingly accessible and equipped with a multitude of well-designed features. Among these, we find of course the sharing tools essential to the use of Dropbox, Proton Drive or Google Drive.
It is also the latter that will experience a small improvement, and not the least. Indeed, the Mountain View firm has just announced a new sharing option that is added to those already available on the service. This allows you to restrict access to certain files to specific users, even when they are on shared disks.
These restricted folders can only be read by authorized people, but other users of the disk can still view them without being able to open them. Of course, folder owners and administrators will always have access to them, regardless of the sharing settings chosen.
An update still in beta version
For Google, the goal is to give more flexibility to shared disk managers. Indeed, while relatively simple to configure, sharing settings can quickly become a daunting task as teams grow and diversify, and as projects multiply. This new feature is therefore more than welcome, but it remains to be seen whether it will not make configuring folders a little more complex for novices.
However, not everyone will be able to take advantage of it immediately. Still in the testing phase, this tool is only available to Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Essentials and Education customers. They can already fill out a form to sign up for this beta version, which should start rolling out in the coming weeks.
Google has not provided any information about whether the feature will be extended to users who are not part of an organization, school or business.
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