Amazon announced this morning the launch of a new photo-management application for Android phones, which takes advantage of its consumer-facing service known as Cloud Drive, a competitor to Google Drive and Dropbox. The new app, Cloud Drive Photos for Android, allows users to upload photos, store them in Amazon’s online storage, and view and share the photos from both their Android smartphones and tablets.
Cloud Drive includes a free level of service, offering 5 GB of storage before having to pay for additional space. Afterwards, users can buy storage starting at $10/year for an additional 20 GB. For comparison’s sake, Dropbox offers 2 GB for free, while $9.99/month buys you 100 GB and $199/year offers 200 GB.
Once online, photos can be shared via email, on Facebook, or launched using other apps.
Cloud Drive is already integrated with Kindle Fire HD, so it makes sense that Amazon would choose to broaden its reach with a storage solution for other Android users as well.
The app is available now as a free download on Google Play and in Amazon’s own Appstore for Android.
Via : TechCrunch