Search Chips in Google Drive will help you quickly find items
Your file is in Google Drive are usually arranged in buy when they were last accessed. While that’s great for finding recent files, it’s not so great if you need to find a file that may be buried a bit. This is where Search Chips come in handy. Search Chips are drop-down menus that help you filter through your search to find the specific files you want to find. You can search through locations, file types, people, modify dates, titles, or tasks to find the files you want.
This feature is rolling out now
If you’re an avid Google Drive user, then you may like Search Chips. It’s currently rolling out, so you should be able to see them sometime soon. You can go and check out your Google Drive right now and see if you have the Search Chips enabled. However, there’s a chance that you might not see it just yet. If not, you will just need to wait. Search Chips for Google Drive are rolling out for all Workspace users including Business Users, and G Suite Basic users. Search Chips will be an amazing feature for people who typically use Google Drive on a daily basis. Companies typically use Google Drive to share documents between employees. So, being able to quickly find documents and share them is always a good thing.
In Other Google News: You can now put Chrome OS on your old computer using Chrome OS Flex
Oftentimes, when we get a new device, we tend to throw the old ones in the trash. It seems that Google wants to reduce this. The company introduced Chrome OS Flex which is a version of Chrome OS that can be installed on an old Windows or Apple computer. You have the ability to download Chrome OS Flex onto a flash drive and boot your computer from it or replace the operating system. Right now, it is being tested on a shortlist of compatible computers. If you want to try this out, Google has a list of compatible devices and you can download Chrome OS Flex for free. As time goes on, you can expect more devices to be compatible.
