If you ever do not have a PC at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large number of files, photos, or videos on your Google Pixel 7, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of the latter. . In recent years, brands have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. That said, transferring files without a computer can be a hassle. You have probably heard of a technique that is fast enough, via a USB key.
In this article, we are going to show you how to connect a usb stick to a Google Pixel 7? In this context, first, we will review the advantages you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to plug your USB key into your Google Pixel 7.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a Google Pixel 7?
Before revealing the process for use a USB key directly on your Google Pixel 7, we will review the advantages of this procedure. As a general rule, having storage on a phone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very consequent. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is huge, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Google Pixel 7 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Google Pixel 7 by transferring content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover files that a colleague has sent to you on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Google Pixel 7.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Google Pixel 7?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the solution for plug a USB key into a Google Pixel 7 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Google Pixel 7?
First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Google Pixel 7. In fact, in the event that you have looked a little at the curves of your smartphone, you should have rather quickly realize that there was no USB socket on the latter. This is using a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are very easily found for a few euros on the internet or in specialized stores.
Finally, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have obtained to the micro or nano USB socket of your Google Pixel 7 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable on a Google Pixel 7, see our article.
How to Transfer Files to USB Drive from Google Pixel 7?
Finally, now that you understand how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply teach you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Google Pixel 7? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the directions below to do so:
- Download a file manager in case your phone's native app isn't right for you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Google Pixel 7
- Connect a USB key or an external hard drive
- Open your file manager
- Find the files you want to transfer to one of the two directories, you should see your USB key displayed in the storage locations
- Now do "Copy / Paste" or "Cut / Paste" depending on what you want to do between the two storage locations
In case you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Google Pixel 7, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 7.
