Open with Google Drive™ Viewer

Open online resources with Google Drive Viewer. Supports various formats including DOC, XLS, PDF, PPT, ZIP, HTML, TXT, JS etc.

What is Open with Google Drive™ Viewer?

Open with Google Drive™ Viewer is a Chrome extension that allows you to open online resources with various formats such as DOC, XLS, PDF, PPT, ZIP, HTML, TXT, JS, etc. The files should be publicly accessible and can be easily saved to your Google Drive.

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Extension stats

By: BrowserNative

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 40,000+

Rating: 3.23 (211)

Version: 0.50 (Last updated: 2024-06-30)

Creation date: 2016-07-12

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus

Size: 20.72K

Email: br*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 4430 ▼ 33

Other rankings

#10588 in Tools ▼ 145 #20 in drive keyword 50 ▼ 7 #51 in viewer keyword 70 ▼ 13 #154 in file keyword 49 ▼ 9 #175 in google keyword 93 ▼ 9

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Extension summary

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Supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, ZIP and more formats. File should be online and publicly accessible. Opened files can be easily saved to your Google Drive.

List of supported file types: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/37603?hl=en

Test extension on this page: http://browsernative.com/test/drive.php

Extension by BrowserNative. Not created by or affiliated with Google.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works as expected for opening publicly available files in Google Docs/Drive viewer.
User-friendly extension for viewing files.

Cons

Issues with account switching where it retains the previous email account.
Frequently reported not working or errors stating 'no preview available'.
Some users expressed a lack of PDF search functionality, especially on Chrome OS.

Most mentioned

It doesn't work
Works for me
Buona estensione.

Recent reviews

Works just as expected. Every publicly available file type opened in the Google Docs/Drive viewer without any issues.

david gunnells, 2021-08-13

A extensão é boa. mas quando vc desloga de uma conta de e-mail e vai para outra conta de e-mail, ela continua abrindo o arquivo com a conta do e-mail anterior, o que ao meu ver é relativamente perigoso.