kleiber_arts My other phone is a Redmi, I have that File Manger, and when comparing them detail to detail, side by side, the only feature that Files by Google doesn’t have or can’t do is FTP. Literally the only thing.
They both have:
- Quick Share directly in the app at the front/land screen
- Private files (Google’s is better)
- Ability to see detailed folder and file info (Google’s is better)
- Ability to sort by (Google’s is better because it has “newest first” and “oldest first”, Xiaomi’s doesn’t)
- Search and search history (but Google’s has indexing, Xiaomi’s doesn’t)
- Creating and extracting archived folders/files
- Categories clearly visible when you open the app (Images, Music, Video, Apps…)
- Favourite files and/or folders (Google’s is better, more customisable)
- Show hidden files and folders
- Clean(er) (Google’s one is better than Xiaomi’s junk)
What Files by Google has over Xiaomi’s File Manager :
- Cleaner interface
- Ability to view folders and files as tiles (with thumbnail and details too, not just as a list
- Direct “Back up to Google Drive” (and a whole Google Drive integration)
What Xiaomi’s File Manager has over Files by Google doesn’t:
- Ads directly in the app, if you don’t block them
- FTP
Versions of both, screenshots taken this moment:
oliverwhite2711 exactly my point. Literally every Google app is so unadvanced.
If you define unadvanced as less in-app bloat and less clutter then yes, they are.
