Google is combining the cloud storage across Gmail, Drive and Google+ by offering 15GB of consolidated storage capacity rather than 10GB storage for Gmail and an additional 5GB for Drive and Google+ Photos.
Aimed at offering more flexibility to users, the move will enable making optimal use of cloud storage for the service, whichever is highly used.
The consolidated storage, which would be pooled under Google Drive, would enable users to check their memory usage for individual services, in addition to offering a breakdown of storage use across its services.
Google Apps product management director, Clay Bavor, said that with this new combined storage space, users won’t have to worry about how much they are storing and where.
"For example, maybe you’re a heavy Gmail user but light on photos, or perhaps you were bumping up againcst your Drive storage limit but were only using 2GB in Gmail. Now it doesn’t matter, because you can use your storage the way you want," Bavor added.
In addition, Google will also update the Google Drive storage page, enabling users to better understand about their use of storage space.
The modifications to Google Drive storage are scheduled to be launched over the next couple of weeks, with plans to offer more storage space, starting at $4.99/month for 100GB.
Google also plans to offer shared storage for its Apps users, which would enable sharing their 30GB unified space across Gmail, Drive and Google+ photos.