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2024

Dark theme in the web version of "Clouds"

In the Mail Cloud, functionality has become available to users that will make working with files even more comfortable and efficient. Now users will be able to enable the dark theme in the web version of the Cloud, get the ability to clean up the storage on the device after downloading files to the cloud storage in the application on iOS, and share public folders with the ability to customize. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on November 7, 2024.

By uploading files to cloud storage, users will be able to clear space on their phones and tablets. After the user downloads the files to the Cloud, he will be prompted to remove them from the device's local memory. This will allow you to more efficiently manage vaults and always have room for creating photos, videos and other files.

Also, users can select an individual folder background and configure it when sending a public link. This will allow community owners, photographers and more to customize their working cloud spaces.

Free PDF editing

Cloud Mail presents the functionality of free editing PDFfiles-. Now users can both read and work with such document formats directly in the cloud storage. This was VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced on September 12, 2024.

Using a PDF editor in Cloud Mail, users can overlay text on top of a document, as well as draw and add pictures and shapes. In addition, when reading PDF files, they will have access to page-by-page editing of the document - adding new pages or deleting those that are no longer relevant. Also, the functionality will allow you to turn pages for comfortable reading and working with them.

We are actively developing work with various document formats in the Mail Cloud to make the process of interacting with files convenient and efficient. Adding a PDF editor with the ability to work with pictures, shapes and pages allows users to easily refine and change the necessary materials in real time and quickly exchange information with colleagues and loved ones, said Sergey Tarasenko, head of product at Cloud Mail.

Add AI-Based User Definition

cloud Mail.ru The function of defining a user by person on the base is launched in. artificial intelligence Now all photos from major events, exhibitions and concerts can be selected automatically and sent to guests present in the pictures. The developer announced this on August 7, 2024.

In order to use this function, users just need to download the Clouds application, scan a special QR event code and take their selfie. After the event, thanks to face recognition technology, the Cloud will independently select photos in which a specific person is present and add them to a private folder in the owner's application. Also, users will receive a push notification about the readiness of their pictures.

So, as part of VK Fest, over 234,000 photos were taken and uploaded by professional photographers to Cloud Mail.ru, where more than 205,000 guests were able to get their photos without finding them in the shared feed.

The cloud Mail.ru helps users not only store and share their pictures, but also organize their entire volume, be it selfies or many photos from events. The new function based on artificial intelligence will enable users to save personal time and not spend it looking for their photos from major events, said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru.

Generation of more than 1.6 billion Storsis

In the first six months of 2024, more than 1.6 billion stories were generated in the Cloud of Mail.ru using artificial intelligence. For the same period in 2023, their number amounted to about 1.3 billion, the growth of indicators year-on-year - more than 23%. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on July 17, 2024.

More than 10 million stories are generated in the Cloud every day - memories based on uploaded photos of users that can be saved on a smartphone or shared on social networks. As of July 2024, about 50 scenarios have been implemented for generating stories in the Cloud. In 2023, this number was - 43. Scenarios have been added for generating stories on a schedule, for a certain period (week, weekend, season) and others.

In the first half of 2024, the most popular scenario was stories on the topic: "Look how it was" - more than 221 million created memories. In second place is "Your Collection" with a score of 115 million. The top 5 also includes scenarios: "City of Photos" (more than 83 million), "Photos with Children" (about 60 million) and "Delicious Memories." According to the latter, about 43 million vivid memories were created.

The Mail.ru cloud is constantly evolving and expanding its capabilities for users. Thanks to AI in our service, users can get a ready-made video for all occasions for their social networks or personal archive, "said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru.

The neural network in the Cloud Mail.ru analyzes millions of photos every day, removing screenshots, documents, blurred and low-quality photos from the output. In addition, algorithms automatically recognize and sort screenshots, photos of passports, driver's licenses and other documents.

Opening access to neural network technology for photo recovery

VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) has opened access to neural network photo recovery technology that will restore black and white images or lost elements in old photos. Access to the project will be provided to all users from April 25, 2024.

To use the service, you need to go to a special page, upload a scan of the photo and save the new version to the Cloud Mail.ru. The restored picture can be shared with loved ones via the link, uploaded to social networks or saved in the family archive.

There are no restrictions on the number of photos processed, all the functionality of the neural network model will become available to users.

Photos and videos published in the public domain were used to train the neural network. Materials will help you recreate details and color pictures more accurately, according to reality.

This model was trained on thousands of real photos and videos in order to accurately restore all elements and bring the photo to a more modern look. We are confident that this will help many people to take a different look at the pictures they love and save them not only in memory, "commented Dmitry Merkushov, head of the machine learning group Mail.ru.

Launch of beta testing of the generative neural network

VK has launched an open beta test of generative neural networks for all service users Mail.ru. At the stage of closed testing, more than a million users have already been able to try artificial intelligence capabilities. The developer announced this on April 11, 2024. Read more here.

Developing an Automatic Account Access Recovery System

Now you can restore access to personal accounts in Mail and Cloud Mail.Ru in a few minutes. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on March 28, 2024. Read more here.

The ability to create text on any given topic

Beta versions of additional functions with a generative neural network model have expanded the capabilities of VK services. Their main tasks are to help the user with routine, generate creative ideas, and also facilitate work with large letters. VK reported this on February 26, 2024.

In Cloud Mail.ru and Notes Mail.ru, artificial intelligence will help you create text on any given topic, generate ideas and write a post for social networks. Read more here.

Online Viewing Availability 110 File Formats

The Cloud Mail.ru team on February 9, 2024 shared analytics on the number of downloaded files and ranked the most popular formats over the past two years. Growth dynamics, changes in average file volume and other data were assessed.

For 2023, users uploaded about 29.3 billion files to the Cloud. The top 3 most downloaded and viewed formats included HEIC, PNG and JPG. Their indicators for unique users (who store the corresponding formats in the Cloud) over the past two years have grown by 29.7%, 12.4% and 7.2%, respectively. By the smallest margin in the top five MP4 and PDF. The growing interest in the PDF format is due to the launch of functionality that allows you to edit this type of file directly in the Cloud.

The share of Cloud users on iOS (among mobile platforms) is about 33%. Despite this, users most interacted with HEIC (High Efficiency Image Format) formats - a photo format in iOS, PNG, MP4 and MOV (QuickTime File Format video).

The top 3 in terms of the average volume of one file is as follows: MKV, RAR, AVI. In 2023, the weight of the average MKV file was 1.1 GB. The average file size in the MKV format increased by 0.65% for 2023. Of the most popular formats, the PNG format had the fastest growth, for the year the average file size grew by 8.41% and amounted to 1.75 MB.

In addition, the opening of zip archives, as well as convenient reading of e-books in epub and djvu format, has become available in the Mail.ru Cloud.

Ability to read e-books

Cloud A new functionality has appeared in the Mail.ru - epub e-books. Users can download and read books application in and on the Web version of the Cloud. The company VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on February 2, 2024.

The cloud allows you to download and view various text documents, including easy access to the desired chapter in the content: within each book, convenient sections "Bookmarks" and "Quotes" are available for quick search of the necessary information.

Users can customize the font and color of the page for comfortable reading. The cloud will remember the settings and allow you to return to the place of the book where it was closed. In addition, you can share your library with other users using the private link from the Cloud.

We are pleased to expand the capabilities of users in the Mail.ru Cloud and offer them convenient reading of e-books. This functionality will allow you to collect your collection of favorite works, and a convenient interface will make the reading process comfortable, "said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru

For February 2024, reading and downloading e-books are available in the Clouds app on Android and web versions, as well as soon appear on iOS.

2023

Connect to the Cloud Mail.ru more than 300,000 third-party cloud drives

In 2023, more than 300,000 third-party cloudy drives were connected to users of the Cloud application. At the same time, about 50 million files was transferred to the Mail.ru Cloud using the application for. computer Thanks to aggregation technology, users do not need to redirect files between clouds - just move the desired document from one folder to another. In general, the functionality of the backup for data 2023 was used more than 200,000 times. The company VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on March 19, 2024.

According to the developers, the Cloud Mail.ru desktop application allows you to work with cloud storage like disks in a convenient interface and faster than in a browser. It supports 11 third-party clouds, including Amazone S3, OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox and others. With it, users can save all available data and files even after the source is completely lost. You can create copies of folders from your computer in any of the clouds to protect your files.

We make our service so that users always have the opportunity to continue working regardless of external circumstances. Data storage security and convenient work with them are the main priorities for us, "said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru.

To launch the Clouds application, you just need to download it to your computer, log in with your account and add the necessary clouds. Next, each of them will appear as a separate disk. The application supports all types of files for which the software is installed on the device.

Creation of 3 billion stories

More than 3 billion stories - memories generated by ML based on uploaded photos of users, was created in the Mail.ru Cloud for 2023. At the same time, in 2022 their number amounted to 1.3 billion. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on January 22, 2024.

This functionality was first introduced in 2018. In total, 43 scenarios Mail.ru implemented in the Cloud to create memories on various topics.

ML models in the Cloud generate more than 8 million stories from user photos every day. Vivid memories can be posted on social networks, saved on a smartphone or shared with loved ones.

The most popular scenarios for the fourth quarter of 2023 were stories on the topic: "Memories of the season." More than 98 million memories were generated with photos of users taken at certain times of the year. In second place, with a score of 58 million, is the "Collection of Objects." This is followed by a selection of "Photos from a particular city": 50 million stories were generated thanks to photos of users from various cities. No less popular were "Memories for a Month with Children." According to this scenario, about 47 million incredible stories were created.

The Mail.ru cloud with the help of ML technologies is able to find significant moments in the life of users and collect them into memories. Users' interest in stories and the constant increase in the number of stored photos encourage us to implement scripts in the Cloud in order to remind us of the brightest moments in life and share them with loved ones, friends or colleagues, "said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru.

The neural network "Clouds of Mail.ru" analyzes millions of photos every day, removing screenshots, documents, blurred and low-quality photos from the output. In addition, the algorithmobloc service automatically recognizes and sorts screenshots, photos of passports, driver's licenses and other documents.

Scenario availability for New Year's stories

New scenarios for New Year's stories have become available in Cloud Mail.ru. This was announced on December 22, 2023 by representatives of VK. Users will be able to evaluate the generated collections with the ability to share them with loved ones. Storys will be collected on four topics: "New Year's Journey," "Holiday Memories," "The Best Moments of this Year" and "Your essay on the topic:" How I spent the holidays. "

According to the results of the third quarter of 2023, the most popular stories were "Memories of the Season." With the help of this scenario, about 105 million stories were created with the main events of users. Another popular scenario is "Memories in a Month with Children." More than 69 million stories were created with this photo subset. In third place in terms of the number of stories were "Photos from a particular city": 48 million stories were generated thanks to photos of users from various cities.

In total, in the third quarter of 2023, Mail.ru Cloud users downloaded more than 7.5 million photo and video files. With the help of ML models, about 940 million stories were generated from them.

"Cloud Mail.ru not only carefully stores important memories, but collects them into photo samples using advanced ML models. With their help, unique stories are created, including festive ones, which can be shared with loved ones, friends or colleagues, "said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru.

The ability to share a subscription

Cloud The Mail.ru has added the ability to share a subscription. The company VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on December 19, 2023.

Cloud Mail.ru users will now be able to share their subscription with loved ones as part of a shared subscription to Mail Space's unified repository.

This will save the budget of each group user and use all the capabilities of the cloud service. Each of the participants will receive all the advantages of a single Mail Space subscription: additional storage space, disabling ads in the Mail and Cloud, as well as increased limits on downloading files. In this case, the user will be able to maintain full privacy and access only to his part of the cloud storage.

You can expand the current subscription in any of the available tariff plans. You can add up to three accounts using the link. At the same time, users will be able to independently manage the available volume and divide it among themselves at their discretion. In addition to advanced functionality, each participant will have a standard quota of 8 GB available, in addition to the expanded one - from 64 GB to 4 TB. The maximum composition of subscription participants for loved ones is three people.

If a user is removed from the new subscription, they will still have full access to their existing files.

The ability to share a subscription is one of the key factors for the modern user. Managing, sharing and additional settings will make Mail Space's subscription more flexible and cost-effective to share. At the same time, shared access will allow users to remain independent of each other and save almost 6,000 rubles a year, "said Sergey Tarasenko, head of the Cloud product area Mail.ru.

Adding the Ability to Get Rid of Digital Debris

The Cloud and Mail Mail.Ru services provide functionality that will help get rid of digital garbage and remove up to 200 unnecessary files at a time. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on November 15, 2023. Read more here.

Ability to migrate files from other vaults

The cloud will Mail.ru help users migrate files from cloud storage. Users of third-party services will be able to seamlessly connect them to the Cloud - so the files will be reliably protected from loss and locks. For August 2023, integration with 11 cloud services is available, including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and others. Also in the version for the computer, users were able to work without the Internet. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on August 29, 2023.

To transfer data, you need to install the Cloud Mail.ru application on your computer, log in, log into third-party services and follow system prompts. The attached vaults appear as folders in which you can manage files, such as creating and sharing a link. During migration, file formats are automatically converted to public formats. This functionality is especially convenient when transferring files from Google Disk - documents, tables and presentations will be automatically converted from Google format to standard Microsoft Office formats. For example, the presentation is converted to pptx, and the text file to docx.

Total user data - over 600 petabytes

The total amount of user data in the Mail.ru Cloud has increased 32 times in ten years. So, if according to the results of the first two years after the launch of the service, the volume of data of Cloud users amounted to 18.9 petabytes of data, then in 2023 the total storage volume exceeded 600 petabytes of data. Such information was shared with TAdviser on August 25, 2023 by representatives of VK

According to them, user data is stored in five, data centers Moscow which makes it possible to ensure their protection safety at the proper level.

Planned storage expansion takes place once a quarter with a focus on the dynamics of increasing the occupied space. In 2022, the growth was 60 physical petabytes.

VK estimates that the most active users cloudy storages reside in,,, and Moscow Leningrad. Sverdlovsk regions They are Krasnodar Territory more likely than others to keep theirs files in the Cloud.

Over the year, users of the cloud service have downloaded more than 30 billion different files in total. One of the most popular categories of photos is cat and dog personnel. More than 250 thousand such collections with pets are generated by the Cloud every day.

As noted in VK, for ten years, Cloud Mail.ru specialists continued to optimize the user interface and expand the functionality of the service. So, thanks to its own development - computer vision technology, launched in 2017 - the service has been replenished with the following functions: recognition of the faces of adults and children, objects, attractions and countries in pictures, formation of photo collections on different topics, determination of different types of documents and their sorting.

In 2021, using algorithmic machine learning, the Cloud service learned to automatically select the best pictures and display them in story format. Only successful personnel fall into them, everything else is sorted by the storage. And in 2022, a filter for public folders was created on the basis of neural networks. It helps users find from a large number of photos only those where there is a certain person.

Adding Neural Network Algorithms to Stories and Albums

On June 8, 2023, VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced the emergence of additional categories for stories, photo searches, and the ability to work with albums.

Scenarios have appeared in the application, according to which thematic collections are formed. For example, now the Cloud will show pictures with relatives taken at certain times of the year, photos with children or loved ones. And also will collect photos in new categories, one of the most popular - photos with cats and dogs, "The noise of water calms" - with photos by the water, "Gastronomic memories" - photos with food and drinks, "Vitamin D" - with sunny pictures. One of the most popular categories with pets generates more than 250,000 picks every day. The cloud reminds users of important points and brings people together.

In addition to folders in the desktop version of Clouds Mail.ru it is now possible to create albums in which files will be visible only to the owner. It's a handy way to keep your photo arrays in order. At the same time, the user can upload to the album, for example, a photo from a vacation and share a link to it with friends. If you delete files from the album, the files will remain in cloud storage.

Another important update was photo search in the Clouds app on Android. Finding the picture you want is easy. To do this, go to the "Gallery" or "Albums" sections and enter the full or partial name of the object in the search bar. For example, to find photos with your favorite pet, you can simply enter the keyword "Cat" in the search query. Files can be immediately viewed, listened to or shared with other users - when you click on Share, the Cloud will automatically create a link to a file that you can immediately send to a colleague or friend, as well as set the access time by link.

Android users in the superappe of the Mail.ru Post application have access to startup to the Cloud. Set up automatic uploading of photos and videos to the Cloud, and then delete them from the phone to clear the space, now you can even without downloading a separate Cloud application.

We strive to make it convenient for our users to work with the Cloud Mail.ru on all platforms. It is important for us that all documents, photos, videos and valuable memories are always at the user's fingertips at any time and anywhere in the world, "said Sergey Tarasenko, project manager at Cloud Mail.ru.

Launch Mail Space Subscription

VK on May 16, 2023 announced the launch of Mail Space, a single subscription Mail.ru service. A Mail Space subscription opens up more options for Mail and Mail.ru Cloud users - extra space for emails and files, fast downloads, file sharing up to 100GB and no ads.

The subscription provides a flexible tariff grid so that everyone can choose the optimal amount of cloud storage for themselves. Prices for the most popular tariffs have become more profitable. For example, the annual tariff of 256 GB has become 46% cheaper, and the annual subscription of 4 TB has become 50% more profitable compared to similar tariffs of 2022.

You can pay for your subscription in one click in the application on iOS or Android, in the web and mobile version of Cloud through VK Pay, by bank card or in another convenient way.

For those who are used to keeping their letters and files in order and always monitor the amount of space in the unified storage of Mail and Mail.ru Clouds, the ability to clean letters and files has been updated, now you can delete large files, read letters, folders that friends and colleagues shared with you with one click from the desktop version. Smart algorithms will not offer you to delete new, important or unread incoming files, so that the user will not lose the necessary files when cleaning.

Thanks to machine learning technologies, it is Mail.ru safe and convenient to use Services - Mail quickly analyzes all incoming folders, and the Cloud easily recognizes objects and faces, selects the best personnel and forms collections from them. For user security, all attachments and files in the Mail and Cloud are Mail.ru checked by Kaspersky Lab technologies.

Providing an additional 32 GB to teachers-users of the "Spherum" platform

On February 1, 2023, the company VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced that the platform Spherum Cloud and Mail.ru (part of the VK group) are giving Russian teachers a free storage 32GB. VK digital services make the learning process more efficient and convenient. In the cloud, teachers will be able to store educational materials for free and share them with their students.

Teachers-users of the educational profile Spherum in VK Messenger can get an additional 32 GB in the Cloud for free Mail.ru. To do this, just go to the application using VK ID and the size of the cloud storage will automatically update - another 32 GB will be added to the base 8 GB.

The top regions that are already actively using cloud technologies for the educational process include Moscow, Krasnodar Territory, St. Petersburg, the Republic of Tatarstan and the Sverdlovsk Region.

Thanks to the Cloud Mail.ru teachers can work with more documents and share educational materials with schoolchildren and colleagues in a convenient format - all Cloud users can view more than 70 file formats as of February 2023 - text documents, presentations, images and videos. All files have been checked by Kaspersky Anti-Virus and are reliably protected.

2022

Integration with MyOffice Editors

Disappearing from the App Store

On September 27, 2022, it became known that the VK Cloud application had disappeared from the App Store. Read more here.

Updates in video player, design, possibility of payment with foreign cards

Cloudy storage has become even more convenient for users who store photos videos as well. This was announced VK by the company on August 29, 2022. The web version Clouds Mail.ru has an updated video player that allows you to speed up videos by one and a half and two times. The video player has been significantly updated visually, while retaining standard functionality.

The company notes the desire of users to move to cloud storage and takes into account their feedback. More than 15% of all files opened in the Cloud are videos, so we have added storage functionality to make it even more convenient to work with content. said project manager, Kirill Ignatkov.

The design of the Android mobile application has also been updated: the views of the gallery, albums and file presentation, as well as icon styles have changed.

Users from abroad, for example, from Kazakhstan other countries, CIS can pay for the service foreign cards in the web version and from co. mobile browser smartphone

Availability in mobile browsers

Clouds Mail.ru users can now enter storage via mobile on browsers. smartphones This became known on June 21, 2022. The updated version follows the design of the cloud application and retains the advanced functionality of the web and mobile versions.

Through a browser on a smartphone in the Cloud, you can view and manage files: download, download and share them, delete and view information, create folders. It is possible to create links and configure sharing to them - users create tens of millions of public folders a year.

We see a large increase in users - our daily audience has grown by 93% since the beginning of the year. In a period of instability, when familiar tools may not be available, it is especially important to have an alternative to continue uninterrupted operation. Therefore, we offer additional options for entering cloud storage, as well as the ability to download and update the application in the RuStore store, - said project manager Kirill Ignatkov.

In the browser, non-standard photo and video formats are available for download, for example, heic and raw - they can be automatically converted. This is relevant for iOS users who use photos on devices under other operating systems.

In this version, a subscription control center has appeared: you can change it, data maps see all the connected tariffs and connect auto-renewal.

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Updating selection algorithms from user photos

On May 24, 2022, the company VK announced that it was algorithms neuronets creating a story from user personnel Clouds in the Mail.ru feed and received a technical update. Thematic collections have appeared in the application, which include pictures collected on certain topics: last year's trip, photos with a loved one and in a large company, weekends outside the city and many others - new scenarios are constantly appearing in the application.

"We are committed to making Cloud remind users of the good moments and connect people. Storys often help initiate social connections between people - these are not only beautiful photos, but a communication tool. For example, there is a reason to write to a person with whom he has not obshchalsya​​ for a long time, "- tells the project manager Kirill Ignatkov.

Users will be able to see on the map where the photos that were included in the "Day in History" selection were taken. It will collect the most memorable pictures, and random photos will be excluded. Weekly stories also appeared in the application. The algorithm bypasses repeated pictures and offers the user a variety of memories every day.

The neural network "Clouds of Mail.ru" analyzes millions of photos every day, removes screenshots, documents, blurred and low-quality photos from the output. In addition, cloud service algorithms automatically recognize and sort screenshots, photos of passports, driver's licenses and other documents. Service updates are already available to all users.

Appearance of filter by persons

In cloud storage from VK (formerly Mail.ru Group), a filter for folders with link access has been launched - it helps users sort only those where there is a certain person from a large number of photos. The company announced this on April 19, 2022.

When you open a folder with link access, icons with the faces of the people depicted in the pictures will appear in the web version. When you click on a person's image, a selection with his photos will open. If the user opens a file from a folder with access by link, then the neural network also recognizes the face and finds other pictures with it.

When working on the service, we strive to go from the needs of users. For example, many are faced with the problem of finding themselves in a photo from a corporate party or wedding - Cloud's algorithms will do it in seconds. The update will also be useful for photographers, for example, they will be able to immediately select personnel for customers, "said project manager Kirill Ignatkov.

The neural network of the cloud service recognizes about five million photos every day and sorts screenshots, pictures of passports, driver's licenses and other documents. In the Cloud, you can see the people in the photo, various objects, sights and places where the photos were taken.

Running the built-in photo editor

On April 6, 2022, VK announced that a photo editor had appeared in the Mail.ru Clouds application.

Using the built-in editor, you can change photos, create collages from them and upload them to social networks directly from the library.

The editor is already available in the gallery of applications on Android and iOS: at any time, without leaving the application, the user can crop photos, apply filters and create collages of two, three or even four pictures. In this case, you can edit the images selected for the collage either individually or all at the same time.

The resulting photo can be saved instead of the original or in addition to it, as well as shared on social networks or instant messengers.

"We are developing the service as a tool for working with content. Now you can crop photos, make a collage and adjust the brightness and contrast settings immediately in the application, and quickly share personnel on social networks. Soon in the mobile cloud there will be additional effects for processing, a video editor and other opportunities for users, "- comments Kirill Ignatkov, Product Director, Cloud Mail.ru.

2021

Choosing photos for social networks using machine learning algorithms

On July 7, 2021, Mail.ru Group announced that the Cloud Mail.ru neural network is choosing photos for social networks.

According to the company, using algorithmic machine learning, the Cloud service automatically selects pictures taken on a certain day and displays them in the usual story format. This is how the user forms a kind of photo calendar illustrating memorable events.

Only successful personnel fall into stories - all blurred pictures, screenshots and documents are automatically sorted. If the user does not like the frame from the selection, you can remove it from the Cloud directly from the Stories. You can also share a certain photo or the whole "story" from the stories at once - this optimizes interaction with the storage.

Photos are the only way to leave a significant day in our memory, but pleasant moments are quickly forgotten. Few are ready to sort through a thousand photos manually in search of successful personnel. Our algorithm will remind you of a cozy evening with your family or a successful selfie. A neural network trained in millions of photos selects successful pictures for stories. told Kirill Ignatkov, head of cloud storage Mail.ru

Direct posting on the social network also works: "stories" can be sent with a message or posted on the VK and Instagram feed.

The update is already available in the iOS and Android mobile app.

Auto-Delete Files

Mail.ru Group On June 30, 2021, the company announced the implementation of the auto-removal function in Cloud Mail.ru. files

Now users can set the auto-delete period for the linked folder on their own, and a reminder notification will be sent to the user a few days before the cleaning.

The function is conceived primarily for regular storage users who often share content. For example, for designers or photographers who send their work to customers, and after the shelf life expires, these folders are deleted forever.

"Cloud Mail.ru is a tool with smart algorithms that saves time on parsing files and quickly get rid of unnecessary things. We have long been able to automatically sort files by topic, now we have learned to automatically delete files in order to free the user from the need to clean the place with his hands, "commented the head of Cloud Kirill Ignatkov on the launch of the function.

The function is only available in PRO rates.

Authorization with VK Connect

Mail, Cloud and portal services Mail.ru now support authorization using the VK Connect account. The Mail.ru Group announced this on June 16, 2021. Read more here.

2020

Launch Tariff Pro

On October 19, 2020, the company Mail.ru Group announced the launch of the PRO tariff Mail.ru in the Cloud. The package for professional creators content will include up to Cloud 4TB, cloud aggregator, 60 Disk-O storages days of history, files up to 100GB addition and a Combo subscription Mail.ru. The cost of tariffs starts at 1,450. rub

According to the company, professional photographers, architects, analysts, consultants - people who work with a large amount of data are forced to use a large number of services for efficient work. Different cloud storage requires constant control: whether there is enough memory, whether the latest changes have survived. In addition, a decent amount runs in for using several products at once, which may be unbearable for some.

In order for users to work productively with their files, Cloud Mail.ru introduced a tariff for PRO professional content creators. The package will consist of several proposals. The Mail.ru cloud will be available in sizes ranging from 512 GB to 4 TB, with a file change history of up to 60 days and up to 100 GB of files added. This is especially useful if the user works with documents online and needs a lot of space in the cloud storage.

Also included in the package is the Disk-O: cloud disk aggregator. The service provides access to several clouds at once in a single interface - the user will not have to move between individual applications, and he will be able to work with other clouds without restrictions as with folders on a computer.

The PRO tariff also includes a subscription from Combo Mail.ru. The cost of PRO tariffs starts from 1,450 rubles. You can purchase a subscription for two periods - six months and a year.

Start QR code login

On March 4, 2020, the company Mail.ru Group announced that in, and Post Office Mail.ru Cloud other services of the Mail.ru portal, it became possible to log into your account as To the QR code a faster and more convenient alternative. To to the password access your account, Mail.ru through browser a sufficient QR code to scan and confirm the operation in. application Mails More details. here

Document Type Recognition

On March 3, 2020, Mail.ru Group announced that the mobile version of Cloud has learned to recognize different types of documents. Thanks to this function, photos of passports, birth certificates, STS, TIN and other documents will not be lost among other images, they will be easy to find at the right time.

Many people have already made the habit of photographing policies, certificates, checks, passports and other important documents in order to contact them if necessary. However, not everyone is responsible enough to keep virtual documents in order. Most often, the pictures simply fall into the phone's photo gallery, where they are then difficult to find.

Now the Mail.ru Clouds application, at the request of the user, will find all photos with documents and decompose them into special folders. The service recognizes all the main types of documents: civil and foreign passport, TIN, SNILS, medical policy, birth certificate, driver's license, registration certificate and vehicle passport, bank cards and checks. What kind of document is depicted in the picture, Cloud understands using computer vision technologies. The list of documents is constantly expanding.

{{quote 'author=commented Yegor Ganin, Deputy Vice President, Head of Cloud and Business Services at Mail.ru Group' The number of Mail.ru photos uploaded to the Cloud increases by tens of percent year on year. And Cloud Mail.ru 's team spends a lot of time looking for solutions that make life easier for those who take a lot of photos on their phone. One of them is the systematization of the images taken. To the previously launched recognition of faces, sights and objects, the search for photos of documents has also been added, }}

The user can himself transfer photos of documents from his smartphone to the Cloud or enable automatic uploading. In this case, each picture will be immediately duplicated into a suitable storage album, where it is easier and faster to search for it.

This feature can be enabled by all users of the updated Mail.ru Clouds mobile application in iOS and Android versions.

2019

Fingerprint Authentication

On October 9, 2019, Mail.ru Group announced that the Mail and Cloud Mail.ru products have added additional ways to log into your account on desktop versions - by fingerprint and using external devices: USB, Bluetooth and NFC keys. Mail.ru services were among the first to use WebAuthn electronic key technology as an alternative to traditional passwords. Read more here.

Launch the function of determining visited countries by photo in the Cloud Mail.ru

Mail.ru Group on July 2, 2019 announced the launch of the function of identifying visited countries from photos stored in the Cloud Mail.ru. The service will analyze the geolocation signs of photos, group them and show travel statistics that can be shared with friends.

As conceived by the developers, with the help of this function, travel lovers will be able to remember how many and which countries they have visited since their first smartphone appeared. All user photos in the Clouds mobile application are recognized by geolocation and distributed across the world map.

In addition to visualization, the service provides travel statistics - how many percent of states, from all existing ones, the user visited in a certain time. Data in the form of infographics can be saved with a picture or shared on social networks.

In the current rhythm of life, many events are quickly forgotten. And often pictures on the phone are the only way to remember important moments in life. That's why Cloud Mail.ru 's team pays so much attention to working with photos. Storage should not only reliably preserve, but simplify a person's access to his memories, "said Yegor Ganin, Deputy Vice President, Head of Cloud and Business Services at Mail.ru Group.

2018

Personal collections from pictures in the mobile cloud Mail.Ru

On September 10, 2018, Mail.ru Group announced that Mobile Cloud has learned to create personal collections from pictures taken by the user in the past.

The smartphone has become a constant travel companion and witness to a variety of events in the life of its owner. All these moments captured in the photo are saved by the Cloud Mail.Ru.

The "My Photo History" function will allow you to relive positive emotions, show moments from travel and meeting with loved ones. A selection of photos will regularly come to the user on the phone in the form of a reminder.

It's easy to turn a photo selection into a pride item. Just choose the best pictures, add a suitable signature - and send a collage to your family or share with friends on social networks.

author '= Egor Ganin, Head of Cloud and Business Services at Mail.Ru Group ' "We post the best photos on social media, but we usually talk about several pictures from vacation, while the phone's memory stores much more photo stories. Therefore, the Mobile Cloud, which stores all our photos, is the most obvious tool for reminders that can return us to the past

All updated features are available in the latest version of the Cloud Mail.Ru mobile app for iOS and Android.

Object and Attraction Recognition Feature

In the mobile cloud Mail.Ru, an option has appeared for everyone who takes pictures with a smartphone. The application automatically determines what exactly is depicted in the frame, prompts the names of famous places and attractions of cities - including those where football matches will be held as part of the World Cup, the Mail.ru Group reported on May 24, 2018.

The company continues to develop its own computer vision technology as part of the Mail.Ru Cloud. The algorithm learned to recognize specific places: monuments, museums, palaces, estates and other masterpieces of architecture located in various cities and countries. It identifies not only popular attractions, such as the Church of St. Basil or the Bolshoi Theater, but also those located far from tourist routes: for example, the first Beatles monument in Russia, the largest square in Europe, or the deepest lake in the world.

A fan who notices a beautiful church, sculpture or an old mansion will not have to look for its name on the map and description on Wikipedia. It is enough to upload the photo to the Mail.Ru Cloud, the application will tell you: "Chkalovskaya Staircase," "Boris Yeltsin's Presidential Center," and will also put an end to the eternal dispute between tourists - "St. Isaac's" is a cathedral or still "Kazansky."

Until recently, we printed photos and added notes on the back. Smartphones have supplanted cameras, cloud services have eliminated the need to print pictures for albums. And the need remained: it is interesting to remember when and where the frame was taken, and who is depicted on it. We are working to meet this need. Recognition of attractions and objects is the first launch in the direction of automatic notes to our photos, "said Yegor Ganin, head of cloud and business services.

To train neural networks responsible for recognition in the Cloud, the developers included in the data sets over 5 thousand combinations of objects and scenes, as well as attractions in more than 140 cities in Russia and Europe. And their list will only grow over time, the developers promise.

Object and attraction recognition is available in the latest version of the Cloud Mail.Ru mobile application for iOS and Android platforms.

2017

Instant Photo on Failed Login

In December 2017, the updated mobile cloud Mail.Ru for iOS and Android introduced the function "Instant Photo in Case of Unsuccessful Login," designed to help find out who tried to access the Cloud in the user's device in case of loss or theft of the gadget. During the New Year holidays and numerous corporate events, such functions should be in demand - at this time, users often forget and leave their smartphone unattended.

The function is available to the user when setting a PIN in the Cloud Mail.Ru application. When it is turned on, unsuccessful attempts to enter a PIN code, fingerprint or Face ID unlock will be recorded on the front camera of the device and saved to the Cloud - along with the coordinates of the shooting location. Thus, if the device is lost, the user will be able to find out who and where is trying to access his profile and data in the Cloud, if necessary, transfer this data to the competent authorities.

Another implemented feature available to users with a PIN set was a screen down lock. When this feature is enabled, turning the device around in a situation that requires it - no matter whether it is the threat of losing the device or simply not wanting to show your files to another person - will lead to blocking the Cloud by PIN. To continue working, you will need to be authenticated again by PIN, fingerprint or Face ID.

As of December 25, 2017, both functions are available to all users of the current version of Cloud. Mail.Ru for iOS and Android. You can enable them in the security settings.

Computer vision technologies in the mobile cloud Mail.Ru

Since September 2017, the Mail.Ru version of the mobile Cloud for iOS and Android has learned to recognize faces in pictures. Thanks to its own unique computer vision technology, the Cloud recognizes faces in photos and allows you to view pictures with a specific person.

Now users of the Mail.Ru Cloud applications will be able to quickly find pictures with friends and family in their photo archive. The application analyzes photos, recognizes the faces depicted on them, and invites the user to view all the personnel stored in the Cloud with a particular person. With the new feature, in just a couple of clicks, you can find all your selfies, photos of the child (and wonder how he grew up in a couple of years) or pictures with his parents to surprise them for their wedding anniversary.

The algorithm was developed specifically for the Mail.Ru Cloud by specialists in machine learning and computer vision within the company. He recognizes the person in the photo even in traditionally difficult cases for computer vision: for example, if he was photographed at different times and from different angles. In addition, the creators of the algorithm paid special attention to the recognition of images of children with whom such technologies traditionally have problems. To train neural networks, the company's specialists created their own expanded datasets with examples of people of different ages and nationalities.

"Cloud Mail.Ru" generates statistics on photo work of users

On July 7, 2017, Mail.Ru Group announced the launch of statistics functionality on user pictures in the online service "Cloud Mail.Ru." The function is implemented as an experiment and is available to Android users.

The statistics show data broken down by year and for the entire period of the user's work with the "Cloud." In addition to standard numerical characteristics, statistics display, for example, the amount of money that will be needed to print photos for 2016, what is the weight of bills, how much wood will be spent on paper^[2]

"Cloud Mail.Ru" will tell you how long it will take to watch the slideshow if the author of the photo decides to view all his pictures.

Statistics can be shared on social networks and measured with friends, estimating the number of pictures on the scale of the Tretyakov Gallery or the Hermitage.

2016: Mail.Ru cloud entered the B2B market

On December 19, 2016, the company Mail.ru Group announced the launch of Cloud Mail.Ru on the B2B market. Through the Cloud for Business, companies can organize cold storage of data, provide convenient access to it for workgroups. According to the press service of the vendor, the service was tested by AlfaStrakhovanie Biglion other companies. See more. Business Mail.ru Clouds

2015

Mail.Ru cloud offers to increase storage

On March 16, 2015, tariffs were introduced in the Mail.Ru Cloud to increase the storage volume. An expansion of the user's cloud space to 4 TB is available.

To increase the space in the Cloud, you can choose one of four options for a PRO account. The price varies from 99 (for 100 GB) to 1990 rubles (for 4 TB) per month and from 990 to 19,990 rubles per year, respectively.

Comparative Rates, 2015

"Today, the Mail.Ru Cloud provides new users with 25 GB for free: this is the largest volume offered by cloud storage of Runet. At the same time, we have a category of active users who, even such an impressive cloud, is not enough: they have already reached or are close to reaching the free limit and need additional space. It is for them that we are introducing tariff plans, "comments Aleksei Sergeyev, Deputy Vice President of Mail.Ru Group for Strategic Products

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For users who received 100 GB or 1 TB in the Mail.Ru Cloud during the beta testing of the service, this space will remain free.

At the end of December 2014, the Mail.Ru Cloud came out of beta testing. As of March 16, 2015, almost 24 million "clouds" were registered in it, where about 3.2 billion files with a total volume of 18.9 petabytes are stored.

The functionality of the Mail.Ru Cloud continues to develop. There are a number of possibilities:

• working with shared folders
• online editing of documents, tables and presentations.

Special attention is paid to safety:

• functions are implemented, two-factor authentications
• Login to mobile applications via Touch ID and PIN,
• Automatically scans files to be downloaded for viruses.

Tariffs in the Cloud Mail.Ru, 2015

The technological base in the cloud Mail.Ru has been updated

On November 16, 2015, IT company Mail.Ru announced the modernization of the technology base of the online editor through Microsoft Office Online.

The purpose of the update is to improve the quality of service for Mail and Cloud Mail.Ru users. Now they are faster, more convenient to view and edit documents in the browser.

According to the service provider, the technological solution will increase the speed of online editing, it will be possible to review, the editor interface will be updated, and the content will be much easier and faster to share.

"We have been working for a long time and systematically to create a convenient working environment for users that would ensure their independence from the presence or absence of one or another on their computers. software We are excited to move to a new solution from, Microsoft as it makes online editing faster and more comfortable. Our next task is to ensure that this feature is available on as many devices as possible, and we will work to solve it together with our partners, "said Deputy Aleksei Sergeyev Vice President for Mail.Ru Group Strategic Products.

"Mail.Ru Group is one of the largest IT companies in Russia, consistently offering its customers advanced services of high quality. The online editor in Mail and Cloud is an excellent tool for working with documents, and we hope that Microsoft Office Online technologies will make it even more convenient for users, "said Andrey Ivashentsev, head of Microsoft's technology evangelism team in Russia

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The update will be rolled out in stages, the Mail.Ru online editor based on Microsoft Office Online cloud services will be available to users in the near future, the company said.

2014

Mail.Ru Cloud has the ability to collaborate with folders

In November 2014, in the Mail.Ru Cloud, it became possible to set up folder sharing. This will make it more convenient for users to work together on files stored in the Cloud, create shared photo archives and collect materials for joint projects.

Now access to the content of any folder in the Mail.Ru Cloud can be provided to several users at once. You can assign a different level of access: allow the user to only view files or allow you to change the contents of the folder.

This will come in handy both in work or study, and in personal communication. For example, shared folders in the Cloud significantly simplify group work on projects. Documents do not have to be searched in correspondence - all the necessary files can now be stored in a folder available to all participants. Similarly, shared folders can be used to interact between teachers and schoolchildren and students, for example, lay out all the necessary methodological materials there.

The new feature, which will be appreciated by mobile Cloud users (and this is more than 20% of service users daily), is the setting up of photo startup in a shared folder simultaneously from different devices. If earlier pictures of friends from a vacation or corporate party could be waited for months, now they will be available instantly - you just need to create a folder in the Mail.Ru Cloud with access rights for all participants in the event. You can also use a shared folder to create, for example, a family photo archive.

2013

Beta testing Облако.Mail.ru

In August 2013, Mail.Ru Group began closed beta testing of its cloud service. The company promised everyone to distribute 100 GB of free disk space for permanent use. Mail.Ru was not afraid of a large number of players already present in this area. The late start of the service was compensated by the amount of disk space provided by it. Promoted clouds such as Yandex.Disk and Google Drive allow you to use storage volumes for free an order of magnitude lower. Before the New Year 2014, Mail.Ru held an unprecedented action: within a month, everyone who managed to register on the cloud service was provided with 1 TB (!)^[3] cloud storage for free^[4].

The creation of a cloud service is a natural step in the development of a large IT company, which is Mail.Ru Group. Obviously, the popularity of cloud solutions is growing every year. It's pretty easy to explain. Each user Internet has a certain amount of information, and more and more people prefer to store it in the clouds rather than on devices. This trend is easy to explain: it is convenient to store information in the cloud, it is in a reliable place, it is easily accessible to the user from anywhere from any device that has access to the Internet, and at the same time does not "clutter" the space on the computer hard drive or the memory of any other gadget. According to Anna Artamonova, vice president of Mail.Ru Group, head of the Mail and Portal business unit, Mail.Ru, being a large IT company, could not help but respond to such an actual audience request.

In addition to free 100 GB of disk space, the undoubted advantage of the Mail.Ru Cloud is the integration with Mail.Ru Mail, thanks to which users can easily save files from the Mail to the Cloud and attach files from the Cloud to new letters. In the near future, the company plans to integrate the service with mobile Mail applications. But already now, the standard means of mobile operating systems support the ability to transfer files through the mail application and save them to the Cloud.

And another very significant plus of the service - there is no artificial limit to the speed of downloading and downloading files in the Mail.Ru Cloud - it depends solely on the speed that its Internet provider provides to the user.

In addition to the web version, the Mail.Ru Cloud has applications for all the most popular desktop and mobile platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone.

Another important feature that Cloud has relatively recently is its support for streaming video, which allows you to play files without downloading to your device. This is especially true for those who suffer from a lack of space in the smartphone's memory. For example, by filming a video on a trip, you can immediately upload it to the Cloud and remove it from the device's memory, and then watch it online.

In addition to the basic functionality of the cloud service (file storage, file and folder management, etc.), the Mail.Ru cloud allows the user to share information with friends. For example, you come from vacation with a whole bunch of photos. For them, you can make a separate folder in the Cloud, generate a link to it and send it to all relatives and friends, as well as publish it on your pages on social networks - this is done in one click.

Mobile applications support automatic uploading of snapshots to the Cloud. There are several advantages at once: firstly, the photos taken will immediately be available from all devices. Secondly, if something suddenly happens to the gadget, the user will have a backup copy of the pictures in the Cloud. Thirdly, if the smartphone's memory is clogged, you can safely delete old photos - the copy is already in the personal Cloud.

The cloud page web interface looks like this. At the top left of the web page window is the Download button. With its help, files are downloaded to the cloud storage. You can also download files using drag & drop. On the left are the sections: "Cloud," "Cloud Size," "Download Application for." The Cloud tab contains the directory you created in the folder cloud. In the central part of the window, there are files placed in the file storage. Above is the panel on which the control buttons are located.

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