Use Google? Big change coming to the way you store docs By Melissa Hadam, Komando.com The word cloud has come to mean something entirely different in our new technology-based life. In the early days of computers, you could store everything on your local hard drive and get access to it immediately. Now, Google is rolling out a new app to make its file storage and synchronization service, Drive, even easier. Read on to find out what you can expect from this handy new app. Why the new app? If youâve gotten used to how Google Drive works now, donât panic, your favorite features are here to stay. The new Google Drive app will replace the Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync apps. Previously you had to use the Backup and Sync apps to upload and sync your files to Drive.