Watch Out Evernote – Google’s Keep Will Keep You On Your Toes.
Google has officially unveiled Keep via a blog update. The video below goes into more depth on how it works.
Currently only available on Google Play (not surprising) it works for devices running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwhich and above. You can access, edit and create new notes on the web at http://drive.google.com/keep and in the coming weeks you’ll be able to do the same directly from Google Drive.
Whether or not I think Google Keep is personally better than Evernote, not really. I love Evernote to death, and that’s only because it’s a kick-ass app, that deserves every penny, download, and user it has. However, with this release, Evernote will certainly have to do their competitive analysis to stay ahead of a company that no doubt has more funding than them. At the same time, the release is only on Android at the moment, so they can still keep dominating on iOS for the time being.
As Katherine Kuan describes in the blog post,
“Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember. Usually we grab a pad of sticky-notes, scribble a reminder and put it on the desk, the fridge or the relevant page of a magazine. Unfortunately, if you’re like me you probably often discover that the desk, fridge or magazine wasn’t such a clever place to leave the note after all…it’s rarely where you need it when you need it.
To solve this problem we’ve created Google Keep. With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what’s important to you. Your notes are safely stored in Google Drive and synced to all your devices so you can always have them at hand.
If it’s more convenient to speak than to type that’s fine—Keep transcribes voice memos for you automatically. There’s super-fast search to find what you’re looking for and when you’re finished with a note you can archive or delete it.”
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