Samsung announces it's shutting down its cloud storage service; here's all you need to now

Samsung has asked its customers to move ir files away from its cloud storage service as company is making some changes in services that it offers. Users are vised to back up 'My Files' and 'Gallery Sync' as soon as possible. Samsung also mentions that failing to back up data might result in permanent deletion of data that is stored on Samsung Cloud, but why is Samsung asking users to back up ir data? Keep reing to know more. 

Samsung Cloud to be discontinued soon

On an official support page titled 'Changes to Gallery Sync, Samsung Cloud Drive and Premium Storage', company informs users about changes that are being me to Samsung Cloud services in 2021, which include  replacement of 'My Files' and 'Gallery Sync' by Microsoft OneDrive. OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud-based storage solution. ditionally, Samsung has also warned users about permanent deletion of data associated with aforementioned features once changes are complete. Hence, users around world are given a region-based deline to back up ir data on Samsung Cloud. 

services of existing users will be available till July 31, 2021. features that are to be deprecated are Gallery Sync, Drive and Premium Storage Subscription. From August 1, 2021, existing use of Gallery Sync and Drive will cease, and any cancellation of ongoing Premium Storage Subscription will be refunded. However, users have to downlo ir data until September 30. After that, any data left on Samsung Cloud will be permanently deleted. 

How to save data in Samsung Cloud today?

• Transfer Samsung Cloud data to Microsoft OneDrive 
• Downlo Samsung Cloud data to your personal storage 

As and when users select OneDrive integration to transfer ir data, y can continue to use Gallery Sync and Drive features, which will save data to Microsoft OneDrive. However, automatic transfer of user's data from Samsung Cloud to OneDrive will be supported until July 31, 2021. If a user wants to downlo data to ir PC, y can do so before September 30, 2021. ditionally, Samsung Cloud termination will take place in two groups, based on geographic locations of user. members of Group 1, which include US, UK, a major portion of Europe and Australia, have until end of day to use automated Microsoft OneDrive migration.