After September, Google will prompt users that they will need to begin using the new app if they want their files to continue syncing. Those who are using the old Backup and Sync app are due to begin seeing notifications about transitioning to the new version.
If you want to try out this new app, it’s available for download on both Windows and macOS.
In the announcement blog post, Google shared the following: Plus, you’ll be able to view and sync pictures and videos with Google Photos, which isn’t currently available. The premise of this new app is pretty much the same, but it offers a more streamlined design. However, the app is being replaced by a new Drive for Desktop solution. Essentially, this was an app that made it easy to access your Google Drive files from your Mac or Windows PC.
In the next few months, we will start to notify impacted developers of the policy changes and will provide additional guidance on how to meet the updated policy requirements.For the last few months, Google has been beginning the deprecation of the old Backup and Sync app for desktop users.
Restricted scope verification for the Drive API will begin early next year.
for backup clients), you should begin preparing your app for the restricted scope verification, a process that, among other steps, ensures your use of data is compliant with the Limited Use Requirements and includes a security assessment if your app stores or transmits through servers.
While changes will not go into effect until early next year, we recommend developers begin preparations ahead of time by taking the following steps to ensure their apps using Drive APIs stay compliant and keep working for users. If you’re not a developer, you don’t need to do anything to prepare for these changes. As always, G Suite administrators are in control of their users’ apps. This means that only certain types of apps can request restricted scopes from consumer Google accounts.
First spotted by 9to5Google, this is the first widget with Material You theming and circular design. Apps should move to a per-file user consent model, allowing users to more precisely determine what files an app is allowed to access. Google is rolling out a unique circular homescreen widget for Drive. With this updated policy, we’ll limit the types of apps that have broad access to content or data via Drive APIs. Today we’re announcing plans to extend the same policy to Google Drive as part of Project Strobe. As a result, we rolled out an updated user data policy further restricting access to Gmail data.
In October of last year, we announced Project Strobe-a Google-wide effort to review third-party developer access to Google account and Android device data.