MediaFire Android App Launches With 50GB of Free Storage
How MediaFire compared
At the time, Dropbox offered 2GB free, Google Drive 5GB and Microsoft SkyDrive 7GB. MediaFire stood out by giving new users 50GB. The offer applied to users who signed up after the date given in the original post, and individual files could not be larger than 200MB.
Why an app mattered
The service had grown in popularity over a few months, but Android users stayed away because there was no Android app. That changed when the company added its application to Google Play.
What the app could do
- Built-in viewers for video and audio files.
- Viewing documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
- Uploading photos by sharing them from the gallery directly to the app.
- Sharing files from the cloud storage with other Android apps.
The main complaint
Some Play Store reviewers criticized version 1.01 for not letting them upload many files at once. The author saw this as the only real gap in an otherwise good first release and expected it to be added soon.
Today
The storage offer and app details are from the launch period. Check the current terms of any cloud storage service before relying on it.
Frequently asked questions
Which Android versions did the app support?
Android 2.2 or higher.
How big could a single file be?
The maximum upload file size was 200MB.
Is the 50GB offer still available?
Not necessarily. It was a promotion from that time, so confirm current plans with the provider.