You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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Don1990
Collaborator | Level 8
5 years ago

Is there a way to run the Dropbox app in the background on my iPhone?

Hey everyone,   I just switched to an Android from an iPhone. I am facing a feature problem that I loved on my iPhone! Which is, if I open up an audio file from my dropbox app I can just do other...
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elijahjey
Explorer | Level 4
Switched from apple to Android and dropbox on apple allows you to play music while having the app in the background. Android doesn't and it's pretty inconvenient. I was reading a post where someone said that being able to play music in background on apple is unexpected behavior but that doesn't change the fact that it's possible on apple. Please make this a thing. Kinda regret coming to Android after being with apple for so long but the way life is playing out, I had too.
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Nancy
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2 years ago

Hey elijahjey! I hope you’re doing well. 

 

Thanks for your feedback on this; it’s much appreciated, and I’ve also passed it along to our team for you, so that they can see your suggestion.

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