Through the most recent update to the Livedrive Android app, users can now experience the full impact of significant design changes and enhanced user experience. With new Floating Action Buttons for Briefcase and improved uploading from camera functionality, the app is even more efficient than ever before. 

If you haven’t yet received the latest update, simply head over to the Google Play Store to download Livedrive for Android.

The latest release of the Livedrive Android app (v3.36.0) includes several enhancements to the user interface in the File Details view, plus a few other small improvements. 

If you already have the app installed, you should receive an automatic update today. Or go to the Google Play Store to download Livedrive for Android.

Microsoft now offers a cut down version of Windows 10 called Windows 10 S. The new operating system has faster boot times however customers can only install software from the Microsoft Store. To enable customers with Windows 10 S to backup their files, we have now released a new Desktop backup software on the Microsoft Store.

This new Livedrive Backup app is very similar to the standard Livedrive desktop software. The app automatically backs up your files to Livedrive in the background and enables you to easily restore files.

We’ve quite literally jazzed up the Windows Content Viewer’s music player. It’s now easier to use and you don’t need to add songs to playlists before playing them.

The first thing you’ll likely notice is there’s just one Music tab on the main menu, previously we had “Music” and “Music Player” (ring any bells?). The new Music tab includes all the functionality of the previous two tabs in one simple screen. The songs you are currently playing are visible straight away and the options to search by artist, album, year and genre are now on the top right of the screen. The tab also contains all the usual bells and whistles on a music player, such as the option to create or delete playlists, pause and play songs, shuffle or loop tracks, and view a song’s cover art.

What started as a pet project for one of our developers has now become a reality. Today Livedrive is available on Xbox One and One X consoles through the Microsoft store.

Livedrive’s Xbox app is built on our Windows Content Viewer app platform, which we have refined over the past few years. The app gives you a great visual way to view your backed up photos, stream your movies and listen to your music from your Livedrive account.

Download now by searching for “Livedrive” in the Microsoft store on your Xbox.

Today we are adding an important extra security feature for Livedrive Backup, Briefcase and Pro Suite accounts called two factor authentication (2FA).

Livedrive 2FA works by requiring you to type in a code from a second device (usually a mobile) as well as your username and password. This adds an extra layer of security to your account, helping prevent unauthorised access to your account, even if an unwanted user gets hold of your password. This feature has been added to the latest versions of our consumer software. We suggest that all users turn this feature on.

At the end of 2019 we released some updates to the Livedrive iOS app and added one big new feature, did you notice it?

Our new feature is called “Scan”, it enables you to scan physical documents using your iPhone/iPad camera and store them on Livedrive.

When we spoke to customers in early 2019, we found many of you saw Livedrive as a great way to back up their physical documents as well as digital files. You were already scanning paper documents such as bank statements, birth certificates, passports and recipe books and then storing those files on Livedrive. We wanted to make this process easier and so we have introduced Scan as a simpler solution.

Scan is currently only available to Livedrive customers with an iPhone/iPad running iOS13 or higher. Customers must have a Livedrive account which includes a Briefcase – compatible accounts include Pro Suite, Business and Briefcase accounts.

If you don’t have the latest version of the iOS app installed, please download the Livedrive app from the App Store.

Apple recently released Dark Mode for iOS, and today we have updated our Livedrive iOS app to support this new mode.

What is Dark Mode?

Dark Mode is a setting which darkens the interface on your iPhone or iPad, to present mostly light text on a dark background. This feature was included in the iOS 13 update and is supported by most native Apple apps, together with a growing number of 3rd party apps, now including Livedrive.

Why is Dark Mode useful?

Dark Mode has several advantages, a key one being that it reduces the amount of blue light emitted by the screen. Blue light can cause headaches, watery eyes and blurry vision. Some iOS users also welcome the visual change, finding that Dark Mode helps readability and makes photos stand out more within apps. Lastly, the mode could potentially increase battery life for devices with OLED screens, although Apple hasn’t officially published any figures confirming this.

Livedrive Backup automatically keeps copies of your files safe in the cloud. If you accidentally delete a file, lose your computer or get attacked by ransomware, you can use Livedrive’s restore feature to get your files back.

The restore feature is built into the main Livedrive desktop software for Windows and macOS. To start a restore simply click on the Livedrive icon on your task bar. This can be found at the bottom right of your screen on a Windows computer or the top of a macOS screen. Select “Open Control Centre” from the menu and the Control Centre will open in a separate window.

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Livedrive has customers in over 100 countries and we realise that English isn’t everybody’s first language, so today we are adding a further 3 new languages – French, Italian and Dutch.

All the Livedrive software is now available in 6 languages, English, our new three languages, and German and Spanish which we released in April (more information here – https://blog.livedrive.com/2019/04/livedrive-is-now-in-german-and-spanish/).