Google's Cloud Storage Service 'Drive' Spotted in the Wild

Just last week, rumors surfaced that said Google was close to launching its own cloud storage service to rival existing products like DropBox and Box.net. Word on the street was that the service would offer both paid and free space for consumers looking to store files online and access them from multiple devices. These rumors said that the service, which is apparently called Google Drive, would launch "within the next couple of weeks or months."

Now, just one week later, we're getting what could be our first glimpse of Google Drive. The screenshot below comes courtesy of one GeekWire reader that says Google Drive has been enabled in his Google Account.

'Install Google Drive' can clearly be seen in the sidebar, as well as 'My Drive,' which apparently shows users what documents they have stored with their Google Drive account, and Recently Shared, which is presumably documents that have been shared with you from your contacts. There's also a big red 'Create' button and what looks like an upload button. What we can't see, is a storage space indicator. It's also not really clear how this differs from Google Docs, which also allows people to create and share documents with other people or a group of people.

This is the first report of Google Drive being activated on someone's Google account and so far it's unclear if this is an accident or the beginning of a staggered roll-out. Let us know if you have Google Drive on your Google account!

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