Microsoft has announced a new update for OneDrive on Android, including a renewed home screen experience. The new features should appear in OneDrive for Android version 6.21 and higher.
Microsoft said that if you have a personal OneDrive account, you will now see three main sections on the updated home screen: files accessed, files downloaded for offline use and “Today’s” photos. OneDrive for work and school will see recent files, shared libraries and offline files. OneDrive on Android previously showed a root view of your files, which you can still browse by tapping the Files tab.
Meanwhile, OneDrive on Android is also rolling out enhanced support for 8K video. If you have a Samsung device, you always had the opportunity to upload 8K video without loss or compression. Starting this month, OneDrive will support the playback of Samsung 8K videos from the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S21 series.
If you want to store 8K video on OneDrive, first you need to enable 8K video in your device’s camera settings. You can upload 8K videos to OneDrive manually or connect your Samsung Gallery app to Microsoft’s service.
Microsoft also said that OneDrive for Android will allow Samsung owners to reproduce Motion Photos. Similar to 8K support, OneDrive has always offered the ability to store Motion Photos, but not to reproduce them. This new update enables this feature. In addition, you can also easily share Samsung Motion Photos with other OneDrive users, which they can play on the Android app or on OneDrive.com.
The updated home experience is also available on iOS. However, OneDrive for iOS does not support playback of Samsung Motion Photos. If you don’t have a OneDrive account, the service offers 5 GB of free storage or you can upgrade to 100 GB for $ 1.99 a month.