It seems that Amazon has decided to give up on one of its products if only to change the focus completely towards a different option, maybe more promising. In the email sent to the customer, as well as on the FAQ website, the company has confirmed that they will close the Amazon Drive. Although replaced by Amazon Photo, Amazon does not seem to plan to bring it back forever, and only a few files will find a new home in the photo application. If you have used the system in the main way at any time, you should know what happened to the Amazon Drive and how much time is left to transfer your file before leaving forever.
A less successful Google One clone allows every Amazon customer to store files safely on the cloud, and anyone who has an account gets a 5GB storage for free, while Prime members get 5GB for everything and unlimited photo storage. There are also paid plans that broaden data limits significantly. The first plan to give you 1TB for $ 6.99 per month or $ 59.99 per year, while the second package crashes up to 2TB with a large price increase of $ 11.99/month or $ 119.98/year. On the other hand, the 2TB plan is also given by Google mentioned above, which costs $ 10 per month or $ 100 per year.
What happened next?
Amazon said that it ended the service to fully focus his efforts on Amazon’s photo. Although it is understandable, it is important to note that Amazon’s photo is not a complete substitute for drive, and some files stored on the Amazon Drive will be deleted forever if they are not downloaded before the service is turned off.
Amazon shares complete time lines, including the steps you need to take to secure your files, with lots of free time. Amazon Drive’s official sunsetting date has been set on December 31, 2023, which means that customers have more than a year to access their files. When 2023 ends, Amazon Drive will officially retire and all files that are still left behind will be lost. Before that happened, on October 31, 2022, the Amazon Drive application will be deleted from the iOS and Android application stores, further prevent new users from trying it. On January 31, 2023, you will no longer be able to upload new files to drive, but you can still see and download everything that has been uploaded earlier.
It’s time to download and switch
If most of you use Amazon Drive for photos and videos, you don’t need to worry – your photos have automatically stored to Amazon’s photo. Remember that if one of these images is a strange format, they might not be moved – see a complete list of file formats approved here. Another file needs to be downloaded manually, and quite simple – go to Amazon Drive, enter your account, and go through your folder to select and choose the file you want to download.
Assuming you already have an iOS and Android application for Amazon Drive, you will be able to continue to use services as usual for a while, but this is possible the right time to consider continuing. Amazon seems to have a tendency to dip his feet into many different places, such as working with Grubhub. Unfortunately, it turns out that Amazon Drive may not be successful enough to last longer.
