Google is as soon as once more freely giving 2GB of free everlasting storage to Google Drive customers on Safer Internet Day, which is Tuesday. All customers want to do is to full a brief safety checkup on their Google Account.
The account safety checkup course of will make you evaluation your account restoration choices, related units, providers with permissions, and 2-step verification settings. Once the method has been accomplished, customers will see a last web page thanking them, with the phrases, “To help celebrate Safer Internet Day 2016, we added 2GB of free Drive storage to your Google account because you completed the Security Checkup.” The added storage may not replicate instantly after the method nonetheless.
Users can head to their very own Security Checkup page to undergo the drill. Google just isn’t new to such presents and offers away free storage from time to time to lure its customers.
The search big in November final yr gave 1TB of Drive storage for free when you contributed to make its mapping and navigation service higher. As part of the up to date Google Maps’ Local Guides program, the agency rewarded individuals who added helpful information to Google maps by placing up evaluations, importing pictures, or marking vacationer spots and so on.
In July, Google made its Cloud Storage Nearline obtainable to most of the people. The firm moreover introduced that it will supply storage of 100PB of area for free, so as to tempt customers.
Several different tech giants have launched quite a few plans to entice customers to use their cloud storage providers. In November, Amazon began providing limitless picture backup at $1 and limitless file storage at $5 per yr. Apple in September bumped up the storage provided to paying iCloud subscribers, aside from slashing the subscription charge for larger storage tiers.