Irvine, CA—For the next generation of its WD 2go mobile app, WD added collaboration and file management features that include Dropbox integration. WD 2g works with the company’s personal cloud products—My Book Live and My Book Live Duo drives and My Net N900 Central HD router with storage.
The personal cloud products provide shared storage on a home network so customers can centralize their important documents, photos, videos and music in one place as well as automatically backup all the computers in the home. With the WD 2go app, consumers can access and share that content from outside the home on their mobile devices.
Now the new version of WD 2go lets users move, copy and share content between their mobile device, their Dropbox and their WD personal cloud—combining the benefits of personal and public cloud storage in one app. For example, if a user has a small number of photos they want to share with their friends, they can copy them from their personal cloud into their Dropbox using the WD 2go app. But if they have a very large number of photos, or files that are too big for their Dropbox, they can use WD 2go to send a secure link to the files via e-mail.
“WD is committed to providing consumers with secure storage of digital content and access to it on any screen, on-the-go or at home,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president for WD’s branded products and consumer electronics groups. “By combining access to Dropbox and personal cloud storage into a single intuitive mobile app, WD is empowering consumers with the flexibility and control of anytime, any-device management of their growing libraries of digital content.”
Key features for WD 2go, which is available for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android compatible mobile devices, include: full access to a user’s Dropbox and use of all WD 2go file management features with Dropbox; the ability to upload files from a mobile device to a WD personal cloud storage, and download files to a smartphone or tablet for offline access; the ability to share files from a personal cloud storage as e-mail links or attachments; and the capability to copy, move, rename and delete files on a personal cloud storage and in a user’s Dropbox.
Users can also send files to and receive files from third-party apps installed on their mobile devices using the “open with” function, as well as automatically discover and connect to WD personal cloud storage devices on the same Wi-Fi network as their smartphones or tablet.
WD 2go is currently available as a free download from the iTunes App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Android. wdc.com
