<s>
Files	O
is	O
a	O
file	B-Application
management	I-Application
app	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
devices	O
that	O
run	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
releases	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
devices	O
that	O
run	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovered	O
as	O
a	O
placeholder	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
just	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
2017	O
,	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
conference	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
local	O
files	O
stored	O
within	O
apps	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
files	O
stored	O
in	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
including	O
iCloud	B-Application
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OneDrive	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPads	B-Device
are	O
able	O
to	O
drag-and-drop	O
files	O
between	O
Files	O
and	O
other	O
apps	O
,	O
while	O
iPhone	B-Device
users	O
are	O
limited	O
to	O
drag-and-drop	O
inside	O
Files	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
offers	O
the	O
exclusive	O
playback	O
of	O
high-quality	O
FLAC	B-Application
audio	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
offers	O
support	O
for	O
viewing	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
,	O
images	O
,	O
"	O
Music	O
Memos	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
archives	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hours	O
before	O
Apple	O
's	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
,	O
developer	O
Steve	O
Troughton-Smith	O
discovered	O
a	O
placeholder	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
a	O
"	O
Files	O
"	O
app	O
,	O
requiring	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
local	O
files	O
stored	O
within	O
apps	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
files	O
stored	O
on	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
services	I-Application
including	O
iCloud	B-Application
,	O
Box	O
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
OneDrive	B-Application
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
users	O
can	O
drag-and-drop	O
files	O
between	O
the	O
Files	O
app	O
and	O
other	O
apps	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
the	O
functionality	O
is	O
limited	O
only	O
to	O
inside	O
each	O
respective	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iCloud	B-Application
Sharing	O
is	O
brought	O
out	O
from	O
Apple	O
's	O
dedicated	O
iWork	B-Application
apps	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
standardized	O
feature	O
across	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
sharing	O
of	O
any	O
file	O
in	O
Files	O
;	O
the	O
dedicated	O
"	O
iCloud	B-Application
Drive	O
"	O
app	O
is	O
removed	O
,	O
replaced	O
by	O
Files	O
,	O
with	O
iCloud	B-Application
available	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
providers	O
users	O
can	O
connect	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
built-in	O
player	O
inside	O
the	O
Files	O
app	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
playback	O
of	O
high-quality	O
FLAC	B-Application
audio	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
viewing	O
and	O
extraction	O
of	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
archives	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
no	O
compatible	O
app	O
is	O
installed	O
,	O
Files	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
viewing	O
of	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
experiments	O
in	O
watching	O
videos	O
in	O
AVI	O
or	O
MOV	B-Application
formats	O
have	O
shown	O
limited	O
,	O
but	O
partially	O
successful	O
,	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
