Dropbox now supports Acrobat XD and gets a revamped homescreen in latest update for Android.

Dropbox is not the most popular cloud storage service on the market, but it does offer a full-fledged cloud service with file-syncing service and online collaboration. Dropbox proposes two types of services: Personal, which works pretty much like other similar services; The Pro version has Enhanced collaboration for teamwork in the enterprise. Users receive 3GB of storage free on signing up, which pales in comparison to Microsoft and Google offerings. Anyway, Dropbox is here to stay and keep on improving its services and today’s update is just another example of their intention to remain competitive.

The app home screen has been redesigned not only to just show recent files, it will also show files pending uploads, notifications and starred items. The update also lets users hide the recent items from the home screen. This can be done in the app settings.

The last item in the changelog is support for Adobe XD document. Dropbox will now be able to preview XD documents on the go. This feature is also available from Dropbox website. “XD lets you wireframe, create low or high fidelity visual designs, define navigation flows and transitions between artboards, preview and share interactive prototypes, gather feedback from stakeholders, and export assets for production use.”, says Adobe.

Dropbox users can upgrade the app in Google Play Store. If you’re considering subscribing to Dropbox, you’ll get 3GB of free storage to start. You can earn more through referrals and other actions like enabling camera uploads, for example. Again, other cloud storage services give you more than 3GB on sign up.

Apps update: Dropbox supports CSV file previews; Inbox by Gmail gets undo action inside notification.

A few apps in Google Play Store got minor updates, so I’m gathering the story for each update under one post. 

First in the list is popular Cloud storage service provider Dropbox. This is more of a fix in that the app can now handle CSV files preview within the app itself. This is all there is to this update, at least according to the change log. Get it in Google Play Store.

Inbox by Gmail also received what sounds like a nice feature. The change log states that “You can now undo an action taken inside a notification”. I have yet to give this a try. But basically, if you selected to delete an email in the notification tray and want to get it back to your inbox, an undo button will let you do that. Get Inbox by Gmail in Google Play Store.

Happy update.

Acrobat Reader for Android updated with Dropbox integration.

Back in October of last year, Dropbox and Adobe announced a partnership with the goal to help users be more productive and "let you work the way you want with PDF documents-accessing them from a range of devices at home, in the office, or on the go." Today, both companies are announcing the integration of both apps for Android devices which will let users open PDF files within Dropbox to annotate, sign and save changes back to Dropbox. In addition users will be able to share Dropbox files directly from Acrobat Reader. Check out the full change log below and download or update Acrobat Reader and Dropbox in Google Play store.

Connect your Dropbox account to Acrobat Reader so you can:

- Browse and open your files.

- Annotate, edit and sign PDF files.

- Save changes back to Dropbox.

- View file listing for linked accounts.

- Share Dropbox files directly from Acrobat Reader.

- Manage linked accounts.

Go full screen when reading on smaller devices with Immersive mode.

Improve text handling with new selectors and enhanced touch sensitivity

Updated version No.: 16.0