The files aren’t “streamed” per se - as in, you’re not viewing a photo or something like that in some container that is running a program that allows you to interact with it in a low-bandwidth way. This gives teams simplified teamwork more power, and less overhead.” “Users have a ton of information, all of which they don’t need to keep on their device but need to have access into all of it. They can quickly get wherever they need without having to bounce across to web apps, it’s all where they expect it to be.
“Everything users need for whole team or company is right from desktop system,” group product manager Genevieve Sheehan said. The files behave like you would normally expect on a desktop - a photo opens into a photo on preview, and so on. The idea is that businesses regularly deal with piles and piles of large files which can quickly overwhelm local computers, but still need to find ways to work with teammates on what to do with those files. Previously dubbed Dropbox Infinite, Smart Sync gives businesses a way to share and access files without needing to have massive ones stored on their desktop. Dropbox today released Smart Sync, its tool that allows users to access files stored online in Dropbox accounts automatically on a desktop without having the file stored locally.
