Google Drive is a well-known name among cloud storage providers for reliability, safety and security.
Compared to other cloud storage providers, users get more storage space for free of charge, thus Google Drive is a hot cake for freebies. However, Google Drive storage allocation fills up eventually, thus giving rise to the necessity of looking for ethical ways to increase your Google Drive account’s storage volume. 3 unique tips outlined in the following lines teach the readers on how to extend the existing space for free of cost. Not all the methods may appropriate for all the users, but no harm is brought by checking them out.
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Solutions
Solution 1: Join with G-Suite for Education
Nowadays many schools and universities provide well-equipped computer facilities for educational purposes. With the rise of cloud computing, high-speed Internet connectivity has become a must-have! About a decade ago, Google launched a service that provides certain core Google services without charging anything to certain non-profit educational institutes. Later on, the service was expanded to include profit oriented educational institutes in selected countries. According to Google, they’ve been getting a very high volume of applications from educational institutes to join this service. Here is what you can do to join the ranks of those who’re gaining amazing benefits from this service at little/ no cost.
- Contact your educational institution to find out whether they’ve signed up with G-Suite.
- If your educational institution has already subscribed to this service, every single student is entitled to their own email address that ends with the .edu.
- Open up Google Drive and sign in by using the email and password you’ve been provided for the G-Suite program to avail unlimited space for completely free of charge.
Solution 2: Redeem the Offer for Chromebook
Chromebook owners are eligible for an additional 100 GB of space for free of charge for 2 years. However, just having a Chromebook isn’t enough, and the user has to redeem the offer through the advertised web URL. The following steps demonstrate how to do so easily:
- Navigate to the following web URL:
https://www.google.com/chromebook/offers/ - Now simply click the Redeem button. Make sure to complete this process while you’re using the Chromebook.
Click Redeem - Google will verify your purchase of the Chromebook and once the whole process is over, you will stand to enjoy an additional 100 GB of storage at no extra cost for 2 years! Now you can utilize this additional storage for any purpose, from any device. Once the 2 year period expires, the extra 100 GB storage is removed unless you renew it by subscribing to a paid plan.
Solution 3: Use Pixel Offer
Present day Android phones are quite popular among many people for being full of features and well complemented by an enormously huge number of apps for any imaginable subject under the sun. Another huge plus point is that Android isn’t limited to a single smartphone brand, and thereby you can easily choose your favorite phone and yet still be using Android. Pixel, designed by Google is yet another addition to the galaxy of phones that use Android. The biggest advantage you stand to receive once you unbox your Pixel smartphone is unlimited storage for free of charge for videos and images. Yes, you read it right!
Google launched two major releases in pixel series, Pixel XL and Pixel 2. The former provides its owner with unlimited space for videos and photos for free of charge at original resolution, whereas Pixel 2 provides the same benefit until 16th January 2021. After that cutoff data, videos/ photos must be uploaded solely in high quality (16MP for photos and 1080p for videos) to be able to avail this offer. There are no extra steps involved in this process and the user simply needs to sign in from their Pixel device and upload photos/ videos directly from the phone to get instant access to unlimited storage.