Bad news for the (probably few) individuals who have used Amazon Drive to store essential data in the cloud: Amazon is discontinuing the service. On the good side, you have well over a year to find a replacement and transfer everything.
According to the firm, Amazon Drive will no longer be maintained after December 31st, 2023. That is when access will be entirely disabled. Uploads are being phased out and will no longer be allowed after January 31st. Amazon Drive applications for Android and iOS will be decommissioned on October 31, 2022.
Amazon’s decision to discontinue Drive after 11 years is explained as follows: “We are taking the opportunity to more completely concentrate our efforts on Amazon Photographs to offer consumers with a dedicated solution for photos and video storage.” Perhaps Amazon has huge plans for competing with Google Photos and Apple’s iCloud Photo Library. However, the Drive news will undoubtedly disappoint individuals who have become used to storing their data on Amazon’s trustworthy servers.
