Cloud services allow us host our personal files to have them available wherever we go, so they are very useful for saving backup copies, something very important also on the smartphone. Thanks to this claim, services such as Google Drive or Google Photos itself have been gaining followers while their restrictions push them to use other alternative clouds.
We have talked on previous occasions about other services that are equally useful and free: Dropbox, OneDrive, and even Telegram can be your personal cloud. And there is another one that is also very worthwhile and Genbeta’s colleagues have taken it upon themselves to refresh it. The popular MEGA It is a perfect replacement for both Drive and Google Photos on your mobile. If your Google account is full, it doesn’t cost anything to take the leap.
50 GB free for old accounts
MEGA is a cloud storage service that allows us, both from a computer and from a mobile phone – with or without its app – to upload any file: photos, videos, music, documents. Nothing new, in fact, born in 2013 so it has been active for more than a decade.
Although it is possible to use it from our favorite browser, its mobile application works really well on both Android and iOS, and allows file synchronization so that everything happens invisibly and thus update our backup with hardly any effort.
If you registered on your day, you will have double the storage “for the face”
We have been using it for years, even more so because we have old accounts that have an advantage over the new ones: there was a promotion to obtain 50 GB free for life. That changes the rules of the game, and compared to Google’s 15 GB, there is no color.
If you haven’t registered yet, you can currently get 20 GB of storage space for free, equally superior to both Drive and OneDrive from Microsoft. Of course, if we had to put a downside, it is the bandwidth limit: free accounts can only download 5 GB at maximum speedthis amount being reset every six hours.
If you pay for one of its subscriptions, MEGA also adds a VPN service with which to anonymize your Internet connection. It is a welcome addition, as well as essential for the mobile phone in case we connect to public networks or travel a lot.
This is the MEGA app for mobile
As we say, it is possible to use the browser, although it is preferable to access our MEGA cloud from the official app: you can download it for Android and also for the iPhone from the App Store. Its features are worth it, it has end-to-end encryption (like WhatsApp) so our files will be protected, even when we share them with contacts.
The app’s interface has evolved alongside the web and adapts perfectly to both mobile operating systems. On Android, follow the lines of Material You de Googlewhile on the iPhone it retains Apple’s own user interface. Of course, both are very intuitive with navigation starring the lower menu.
The application also has a file explorer capable of displaying folders, and if we prefer, it can act as an image and video gallery: it even supports photo album synchronization, just like Google Photos does. Thus, this gallery view shows us only images and videos without disturbing the rest of the stored files.
It also has a powerful search engine, which allows us to find any file without having to turn our storage upside down. As Genbeta comments, the reliability of MEGA is beyond any doubt: it is widely used in the work environment due to its possibilities of chat and video conferencing.
All of these features and functions put it on the list of best cloud services, even those that give more for less. There are no reasons not to use it on your mobile and ignore others like Google Drive or Photos. You will only miss some AI features like him «Magic Editor» or the «Magic Eraser» from Google. It is always possible to use both services in a complementary way.
Via | Genbeta
Cover image | Pepu Ricca for Xataka Mobile
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