Google Drive increases its free cloud storage capacity

Google has announced that it is tripling its free cloud storage capacity from 5GB to 15GB across its three services Gmail, Google+ and Google Drive.

The news comes ahead of Google's I/O conference and means that Google has increased its armoury in the war for your online document storage. The company's official Google Drive Blog made the announcement, saying that the changes will roll out over the next couple of weeks. For other options, check out our guide to the best cloud storage.

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Changes to the Google Drive storage page will mean you can easily keep track of how your storage space is being utilised. And if you need more storage, there is a set of revised additional storage plans starting at $4.99 per month for 100GB.

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Daniel John
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Daniel John is Senior News Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of art, design, branding and lifestyle tech (which often translates to tech made by Apple). He joined in 2020 after working in copywriting and digital marketing with brands including ITV, NBC, Channel 4 and more.