Google Drive Introduces A New Video Player With Rewind and Fast-Forward Buttons

Google Drive, the company’s cloud storage service, is getting a new video player. It receives a makeover to match the Material Design 3 system of the tech behemoth situated in Mountain View. Dedicated controls for fast-forwarding and rewinding the media have been added since its debut, and the playback speed adjustment feature has also been improved. This breakthrough is noteworthy since it follows the company’s global rollout of inventory reporting in Google Drive earlier this month.

Revamped Media Player in Google Drive

Google unveiled the new media player in Google Drive in a blog post. It has a fresh layout that looks more contemporary. New buttons that display next to the play/pause option allow users to fast-forward or rewind videos by 15-second increments. You may also adjust the subtitles and playback speed without going into the media player’s settings.

The business explained that this capability was added to give users an experience similar to Google Vids, their future editor that uses the Gemini large language model (LLMO) to create videos.

According to Google, it may take up to 15 days for the new video player in Google Drive to become available to all users during the extended rollout phase for accounts with Rapid Release domains. It will begin to appear in Schedule Release domain accounts on November 18 and should be visible as soon as three days after the rollout. All Google Workspace users, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and people with individual Google accounts can access it.

Other New Workspace Features

Google just unveiled an updated Calendar design in addition to a redesigned video player. It introduces more contemporary sidebars, buttons, and dialogues. Additionally, Google’s custom-designed typefaces are used in the upgraded interface typography. Light mode, dark mode, and the device’s default theme are now available to users.

The task list view and the rest of the Google Calendar web interface are reportedly affected by the modifications.