Dropbox Paper adds document previews, mobile folders and more

Dropbox's Google Docs clone, Paper is all set to get some major updates including new integrations with Figma and InVision, ability to preview Sketch files and it no longer requires users to toggle out of the service. The company announced the new set of features on its blog post.

Dropbox is giving developers a way to create or edit Paper documents in their own apps, which is a move that will potentially move the product outside the traditional Dropbox experience. "We're not trying to replace specialized tools when people are creating designs," says Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Paper's lead product manager. "But we've gotten a lot of requests for a way to embed design boards and prototypes and so on."

Another file system improvement comes to iOS and Android users -- you can now create folders and move files around from Paper's mobile apps. Previously, the app would show the file structure as it exists when on the desktop web app but you couldn't make any changes.

The last feature "Create and upload" is being added to the Paper API -- which means that developers can build in the option to start new Paper documents right in their apps. Presumably, once this is implemented, you'll be able to sign in with your Dropbox account, create a doc, embed that app's files right into it, and then sync that doc back to your Dropbox.

The new features will be rolling out to Dropbox Paper users from today.