The upcoming Drive File Stream works a bit differently.

You simply upload your data and photos to the cloud, sync it with the desktop app, and call it a day. It functions in pretty much the same way as Drive. If you've never heard of Backup and Sync ( download here) prior to this announcement, don't worry. In a blog post, Google announced that starting December 11 file sync applications for Drive and Photos will lose official support and shortly thereafter, in March, they'll be removing the applications entirely. Meanwhile, enterprise users and G Suite customers will have access to a new upcoming 'Drive File Stream' application which officially launches on September 26. Moving forward, users who had installed Google Drive and Google Photos on their computers to backup data will be using a new tool called Google Backup and Sync. The move comes as a result of Google's desire to combine all of their existing cloud storage solutions into one cohesive app, something they've wanted to do since July. Google's cloud storage platforms - Google Drive and Google Photos - are getting new desktop clients. Users will simply migrate to the new 'Backup and Sync' application. What is happening is that the old version of the Drive sync client called 'Drive for Mac/PC' will no longer be supported. If you use Google Drive mostly through a web browser or Photos via Android, you probably won't notice any changes.

Google Drive and Google Photos are not going anywhere. Update: On an earlier revision of this story, wording may have suggested that Google Drive was shutting down.

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