Tighter integration between Google+ and Google Drive

The Google Drive Android app was updated earlier this week in order to make it use the cards interface, the same Google+ and many other Google products are starting to use. So I thought that there is no reason to stop there, and that it would be better to integrate it more tightly into Google+.

First off, there's no need for Google's classic black bar. Drive can be put into the new ribbon, just like Google Photos was:

Moreover, why use the cards UI only in the Android app? The web interface would also benefit from it. Here's how it would look:

But leaving the interface aside, there are other ways to integrate Drive with Plus and other Google Services. Drive's document chat was updated last month but, contrary to expectations, it doesn't use Hangouts. It would be cool to create a Hangouts conversation with other viewers and make use of all the advantages Hangouts offers:

A document's comments should be no different from the Google+ commenting system: every time you comment a document you should be given the option to share your comment with the other viewers in the Google+ stream, where they can reply.

You should also be able to harness the power of Google+ to share documents with people in your circles, or even with whole circles or the general public. Using Google+ should enable you to specify who can do what with your document, in a far easier way than you can do it now:

Last but not least, this kind of integration should allow you to share not only photos or videos, but any kind of document from Hangouts or the Google+ stream. Just start writing a post and choose to add a file, then upload one from your computer or choose one from the ones already stored on your Drive.

Would you like to see these changes? Please leave a comment and, if you want, send them as feedback to Google to let them know.