Dropbox now lets you open links within the app
In Dropbox seems to have been working lately on introducing nnew and useful tools in your mobile applications. Of course, issues that have been expected for a long time and that are now coming to satisfy some of the demands and needs of users. This is the case of opening links to this service directly through the application, avoiding taking extra steps to view content and enjoying a really useful and complete tool.
This is an update for both the Android platform app and iOS The main novelty here is the possibility of opening links to Dropbox directly in the application. And, until now, a link led to the web version of Dropbox where you can see the file or folder that was linked, performing management tasks in a less comfortable way than in the application. As of this update, the link leads directly to the application where you can take advantage of all its options to be able to do whatever you want with that shared file or folder, in addition to being able to see it in its entirety
When sharing a folder or document from Dropbox a link is created to access it. Now iOS users will have the option to Open in Dropbox by clicking on this link, while Android users will be able to set this action to default to open the application just click.With this, the user has said content in Dropbox, where rename it, copy it, move it or even mark it as favorite to have access to it even without an Internet connection, since it downloads it to the terminal. But there is more news.
In addition to the advantage of opening the link in the application and not in the web browser, we must take into account the added options regarding Microsoft Office documents. And it is that their last agreements have also materialized in an advantage within this update. Thus, a link from Dropbox to a Word text document, a Excel spreadsheet or a PowerPoint presentation, allows access to applications Office to directly edit the documentA complete convenience when it comes to saving steps and time for the user to manage and edit their files.
In this way, the Dropbox application is much more integrated into the terminal , avoiding having to jump from web browser to the application to manage these shared folders and files via link. A way more direct, fast and capable to have all the documents and files well ordered. In addition, the integration with Microsoft Office is a real plus for those users who use Dropboxin the professional or educational field, creating a more agile workflow if these Microsoft applications are used through the smartphone or the tablet At the moment we will still have to wait a few days to receive these news, which will arrive in the form of an update for Android via Google Play and for iOS using the App StoreAll this for free
