<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
application	O
managed	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
offers	O
secure	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
,	O
file	O
backup	O
,	O
file	O
sharing	O
,	O
and	O
Photo	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
an	O
Amazon	B-Application
account	O
,	O
the	O
files	O
and	O
folders	O
can	O
be	O
transferred	O
and	O
managed	O
from	O
multiple	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
web	O
browsers	O
,	O
desktop	O
applications	O
,	O
mobiles	O
,	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
also	O
lets	O
their	O
U.S.	O
users	O
order	O
photo	O
prints	O
and	O
photo	O
books	O
using	O
the	O
Amazon	B-Application
Prints	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
offers	O
free	O
unlimited	O
photo	O
storage	O
with	O
an	O
Amazon	B-Application
Prime	O
subscription	O
or	O
a	O
Fire	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
device	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
paid	O
limited	O
storage	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
whereas	O
Amazon	B-Application
Photos	O
is	O
continued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-Application
first	O
announced	O
the	O
storage	O
service	O
on	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
initially	O
offering	O
pay-as-you-need	O
tiered	O
storage	O
plans	O
for	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
2015	O
Black	O
Friday	O
,	O
the	O
plan	O
became	O
popular	O
when	O
Amazon	B-Application
offered	O
92%	O
discounted	O
Unlimited	O
Storage	O
plan	O
for	O
$5	O
,	O
down	O
from	O
$60	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
from	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-Application
anytime	O
"	O
may	O
impose	O
other	O
restrictions	O
on	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Service	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
reverted	O
the	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
plans	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
removed	O
the	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
plans	O
for	O
customers	O
in	O
Canada	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
offers	O
two	O
plans	O
in	O
their	O
marketplaces	O
:	O
Prime	O
Photos	O
(	O
since	O
November	O
2014	O
)	O
and	O
free	O
limited	O
file	O
storage	O
in	O
Brazil	O
and	O
China	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Prime	O
Photos	O
plan	O
offers	O
unlimited	O
storage	O
for	O
photos	O
and	O
RAW	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
5	O
gigabytes	O
of	O
storage	O
for	O
videos	O
and	O
other	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photos	O
can	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
with	O
iOS	O
or	O
Android	O
apps	O
,	O
Kindle	O
device	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Cloud	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
tablets	O
also	O
get	O
the	O
plan	O
's	O
benefits	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
will	O
automatically	O
backup	O
from	O
device	O
to	O
the	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
's	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
Prime	O
Photos	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
personal	O
,	O
non-commercial	O
use	O
and	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
photography	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
resolution	O
photo	O
formats	O
and	O
RAW	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
be	O
uploaded	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
Raw	B-Application
formats	I-Application
wo	O
n't	O
be	O
viewable	O
within	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
web	O
interface	O
or	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brazil	O
and	O
China	O
have	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
service	O
but	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
5GB	O
storage	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
customers	O
in	O
these	O
countries	O
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
does	O
n't	O
offer	O
an	O
expansion	O
plan	O
,	O
neither	O
tier-based	O
nor	O
unlimited	O
,	O
to	O
store	O
media	O
files	O
exceeding	O
the	O
limited	O
5GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
application	O
is	O
supported	O
in	O
common	O
web	O
browsers	O
including	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Safari	B-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
has	O
released	O
a	O
desktop	O
application	O
supported	O
for	O
both	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
drop	O
panel	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
their	O
files	O
to	O
initiate	O
uploading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
files	O
above	O
2GB	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
by	O
the	O
desktop	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
offers	O
free	O
smartphone	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	O
and	O
Android	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
proprietary	O
devices	O
,	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
and	O
Fire	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
,	O
ship	O
with	O
free	O
unlimited	O
photo	O
storage	O
which	O
similarly	O
backs	O
up	O
the	O
photos	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
tablet	O
to	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
has	O
launched	O
Amazon	B-Application
Prints	O
in	O
U.S.	O
through	O
which	O
users	O
can	O
edit	O
their	O
photos	O
to	O
order	O
prints	O
and	O
photo	O
books	O
from	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
ordered	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
will	O
ship	O
the	O
print	O
orders	O
to	O
the	O
customer	O
's	O
address	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
retail	O
orders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
service	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
major	O
Amazon	B-Application
Marketplaces	O
,	O
the	O
applications	O
are	O
supported	O
in	O
multiple	O
languages	O
for	O
usage	O
in	O
different	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
built	O
into	O
Amazon	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
TV	I-Application
and	O
Amazon	B-Application
Video	I-Application
application	O
in	O
other	O
media	O
players	O
and	O
Smart	B-Device
TVs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
streaming	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
videos	O
longer	O
than	O
20	O
minutes	O
or	O
larger	O
than	O
2	O
GB	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
to	O
download	O
and	O
watch	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
popular	O
file	B-Application
hosting	I-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Drive	I-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
offer	O
file-syncing	O
or	O
automatic	O
backup	O
in	O
Web	O
,	O
so	O
users	O
cannot	O
have	O
the	O
latest	O
desktop	O
version	O
of	O
all	O
their	O
documents	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
