WD Launches Major Enhancements to the My Cloud Storage Devices

Today Western Digital has launched a range of new features and enhancements to their My Cloud storage devices, including a redesigned My Cloud OS 3 operating system.

WD have also introduced a Software Development Kit (SDK) that aids app integration, and a new dual-drive My Cloud Mirror which offers increased memory and faster processing performance than previous generations.

The new My Cloud OS 3 focuses heavily on its photo and video capabilities, with an intuitive web browser based user interface called MyCloud.com. It gives users global access to all of their media and enables file collaboration through its comprehensive access management system.

A couple of key features from the launch include:

• The My Cloud Albums app (which will give users access to MyCloud.com) will be available late September for iTunes and Google Play Stores. It will allow a My Cloud OS 3 user to send a link to a mutual and common location for all friends and family to view its contents, which will be great for those of you who want to show off those memories you hold dear to the ones you may not get to see all that much.
• WD Sync lets you sync data across a multitude of PCs, laptops and notebooks, meaning all of those important files are available and up to date on almost every device. OS 3 also allows users to set up an automatic camera-roll backup of photos from smartphones and tablets, and will offer a new transfer tool that enables users to easily and quickly move their files to My Cloud devices. The OS also includes Chromebook and Chromecast support.

When the My Cloud OS 3 is released at the end of the month, it will be available as a free download to OS 3 supported devices including My Cloud, My Cloud Mirror, My Cloud Expert Series EX2/EX4, My Cloud Expert Series EX2100/EX4100 and My Cloud Business Series DL2100/DL4100.