In recent years, thousands of companies around the world have considered e-mails valuable and fundamental for the communication and exchange of information between their executives and other members , the merit of this is due, in part, to the speed in which the information arrives since it reaches its destination without intermediaries.
In the past, when using Gmail as a tool to share information with others, we most likely find ourselves in the difficult and uncomfortable situation of having to resort to third-party services so that these, through a link within the email, could give the recipient access to the file that we wanted to send, the latter being very heavy.
Thinking about the comfort of the many Gmail users, the option to share large files through Google Drive , larger than 30 MB, has been incorporated by default into the toolbar of our interface , without having to install or search for programs or services alternates on the web.
Send the files with Google Drive
The first step to send our file will be to create a Google Drive account and access it, the next thing we must do is locate the “New” button on the left side of our panel and select it.
Then we press the option “Upload files” so that, immediately afterwards, the information that we want to send by email to Gmail begins to be saved.
At the end of the upload of the heavy file, we enter our Gmail email account and write a new message, we place the recipient (s) that will receive the file, the subject that we are going to deal with and the message that we will send, if the case warrants it.
Before sending the email, we locate the options for attaching in our lower menu bar, click on the Google Drive icon, represented in the shape of a triangle, and, with the explorer that will appear below, we locate our file, select it and it will be attached to our email, all that remains is to press “Send” in the bar and that’s it.
Advantages of sending large files with Google Drive
One of the greatest advantages that the Google Drive tool offers us is, without a doubt, the freedom and comfort it gives us by allowing us to send large files using only Google applications without having to upload content on pages of dubious origin to then insert a link to that page in our emails.
Sending our files through Google Drive is not a task that takes a lot of time, the upload time of the file to the Drive platform will depend entirely on the speed of our internet service , but, however, once the file has been Successfully uploaded the process will be easy and fairly quick.
By using Google Drive to share a file with our collaborators, they will be able, from any place and at any time, to have access to its content and work based on it, in addition, you do not depend on a computer, since all the information is stored in your email account on the internet.
Finally, this new tool incorporates a translator with more than 53 languages, and, as a bonus, you will be able to view the files that are sent to you from your mobile device , in case you are not near your computer or you want to work from the comfort from your sofa.
There are many advantages of using Google Drive and our Gmail email that allows us to even add contacts easily.
As you may have noticed, once again, Google makes our lives easier by thinking about our needs and requirements every day by creating new versatile tools .
