Google will retire the ‘Essential’ tab characteristic in its Recordsdata by Google app accessible on each Android and iOS quickly. Launched final yr and completely accessible for gadgets in India, the ‘Essential’ tab scans customers’ telephones to determine essential paperwork akin to passports, IDs, and different important information.
This ‘Essential’ tab characteristic inside Recordsdata by Google aligned properly with the Indian authorities’s DigiLocker service. Nevertheless, Google will take away this characteristic from the app within the subsequent replace scheduled for February 15, 2024. Customers ought to make copies of their essential information earlier than the tab’s discontinuation.
Customers of the ‘Essential’ tab in Google Recordsdata can leverage the share possibility within the Recordsdata app
As famous by an APK Perception publish from 9to5Google, a discover contained in the app informs concerning the removing of the ‘Essential’ tab, emphasizing that the characteristic will not be accessible after February 15, 2024. It additional states, “Your saved paperwork within the ‘Essential’ tab shall be completely deleted from Recordsdata after this date. To save lots of a replica of your paperwork, use the Share possibility to take action earlier than 15 February 2024.”
Customers who’ve utilized the ‘Essential’ tab characteristic ought to take observe that they are going to not have entry to all information saved below this class contained in the Recordsdata app after the desired date. To safeguard their essential paperwork, customers can create copies earlier than the upcoming removing. Google suggests using the ‘Share’ possibility throughout the app to create copies of the saved paperwork contained in the ‘Essential’ tab.
In an effort to forestall customers from shedding their essential paperwork, Google can even ship out notifications to customers, informing them concerning the impending shutdown of the ‘Essential’ tab inside Recordsdata by Google. The notification could look one thing like “Recordsdata is eradicating the Essential tab. Your saved paperwork within the Essential tab shall be deleted after 15 February 2024”