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OneDrive is one of the better Google Drive competitors, offering competitive prices as part of Microsoft 365 subscriptions. What if you want to transfer your files from a rival cloud storage service to OneDrive, though? Theres no easy way to do this right now, but our own APK teardown suggests Microsoft is working on a solution.

An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.

A teardown of the OneDrive v7.4 Beta 1 app for Android reveals strings suggesting that Microsoft is working on the ability to let you import files from other cloud-sharing services. The strings all contain the name import_cloud_files, while some of them even name Google Drive, Google Photos, and Dropbox as supported services.

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OneDrive imports your photos and files without using your devices mobile data plan. Imports continue even if you close the app, reads an excerpt from one of the strings.

The aforementioned strings give us a good idea of the setup process too, as youll need to sign into the desired account. This step suggests you wont have to actually leave OneDrive to get the ball rolling. Furthermore, a string in the previous version of the app points to the import cloud files option being available in the main settings menu. So you wont have to dig deeply to find the feature.

We also found a few strings that shed more light on the import process. Perhaps the most prominent tidbit is that OneDrive will alert you when your import takes you over your quota limit.

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This would be a long-overdue feature for OneDrive, as it would definitely make things much easier for people transitioning from rival cloud storage services. Its not the only prominent feature weve recently spotted in OneDrive, as we saw references to a Magic Eraser-style feature in the app last month.

In any event, theres no word on when OneDrives cloud import functionality will be available to users. Weve asked Microsoft for a statement and will update the article if/when it gets back to us.

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