Dropxbox is debuting a host of updates to its platform at its Work in Progress user conference in New York this week — including the launch of a new all-in-one video tool, a website redesign, and enhancements to Dropbox Dash and Dropbox AI — as well as revamping its subscription plans.
The updates are part of the Dropbox’s mission to design tools that power a new era of distributed work, the company says.
“Our digital environments were never designed to be our primary work spaces. People are experiencing information overload and disjointed workflows at unprecedented levels, leading to a waste of brain power on ‘work about work’,” said Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, in a news release Tuesday.
According to Dropbox, over 1.5 billion videos get uploaded to its platform every year, which previously led to the company rolling out video tools to Dropbox Capture and Dropbox Replay. In order to further improve customers’ video experience, Dropbox is launching Dropbox Studio, a new video collaboration tool that supports the entire video process by providing a centralized page for users to access, create, edit, review, approve, and publish high-quality videos.
New editing capabilities include trimming and splitting content, alongside the ability to remove filler words like “um” and “ah” with one click. Furthermore, AI-powered features allow customers to edit videos by modifying their transcripts, while time-stamped comments make it simpler to resolve feedback in one place. Dropbox Studio also provides users with a way to post videos directly to Facebook or Instagram.
Dropbox Studio will be available in the coming weeks to select customers in alpha in English.
Redesigned web experience and subscription plans
In addition to Dropbox Studio, Dropbox has also unveiled a redesigned web interface that allows users to get work done without ever leaving Dropbox.
The redesign offers an improved way for customers to organize their content, collaborate with team members, and complete their most critical tasks with new features that includes an updated left navigation bar and an expandable folder tree that allows users direct access to content.
A new action bar sits across the browser page to let customers record their screen, edit PDFs, upload files, create folders, get signatures, or send and track documents, while redesigned file previews make it easier to edit images, videos, and PDFs.
Dropbox is also updating its subscription plans, which are available to customers from today. Users on existing plans will automatically get the new interface in the coming weeks and months.
Dropbox Essentials is aimed at self-employed professionals for a cost of $22/month per user for monthly subscribers; $18/month per user for annual subscribers.
Dropbox Business is built for teams and includes everything in the Essentials plan along with branded signature requests, pooled storage among team members, external sharing…
2023-10-12 07:48:02
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