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Next, Android is receiving the doc scanning feature that has been available on the iOS version for some time. And once you’re back online, your changes get synced so you have a smooth, seamless experience when you’re working on the go. Even if you lose your internet connection, you can continue to create new docs, or access, edit, and comment on your favorite and recent docs. Paper’s new offline mode lets you stay in sync with your team no matter where you’re working. Ever travel through areas without cellular signal or commute on a train that passes through tunnels? Now those frustrating interruptions won’t slow you down. Our updated Paper mobile apps can help you get work done anytime, anywhere, even when you’re offline. Here’s how Dropbox describes the new feature: All changes will be synchronized automatically when you’re back online. In a blog post, Dropbox describes the new features arriving to the Dropbox Paper app today. The update focuses on improving productivity while on the go, adding scanning functionality, and also support for more users worldwide.įirst, the new offline mode allows users to continue working, editing, and even commenting on documents without an internet connection. And you can include emojis, if you must.An update to the Dropbox Paper Android app today includes a new offline mode, doc scanning feature, as well as support for 20 languages. Its chat feature makes it simple to comment back and forth with collaborators.


And it can be used to share meeting notes, group brainstorm, and collaborate. Dropbox Paper is a digital whiteboardĭropbox Paper provides a kind of digital whiteboard onto which you can embed images, text, YouTube videos, audio files, GIFs and Dropbox documents. However, its mobile app aren’t there yet.

Dropbox Paper, currently in beta and available as an online service, as well as Android and iOS apps, could become a serious alternative to Google Docs, Basecamp and other popular options. In my opinion, there’s no easier, more reliable competitive service out there - and there are plenty of Dropbox rivals, including Apple’s still-kind-of-messy iCloud.ĭropbox is now trying to break out of its box, by transforming into an online collaboration workspace. Dropbox, the cloud-file storage and sync service Steve Jobs reportedly tried to kill, continues to get stronger.
