WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and  a world leader in connected storage solutions, today announced that its  WD My Cloud® mobile apps have been downloaded more than four million times¹,  allowing users to remotely connect to their My Cloud® personal clouds  to view photos, stream video and access their files from anywhere on their  smartphones or tablets. To make that experience even better, WD today released WD  My Cloud operating software (OS) version 1.5, delivering new versions of the WD  My Cloud device firmware as well as the WD My Cloud mobile app. WD My Cloud OS  1.5 introduces new media navigation, viewing and search features. The free  upgrade is available on the full suite of My Cloud products including My  Cloud, My  Cloud Mirror, My  Cloud EX2 and My  Cloud EX4.

  “WD  recognizes the overwhelming task that consumers face in organizing and  controlling all of the music, movies, photos and other digital files we collect  across our various computers and mobile devices,” said Jim Welsh, executive  vice president, WD Content Solutions Business and worldwide sales. “The more  than four million downloads of our WD My Cloud app offerings to date show our  software provides tremendous value to our customers, and we are committed to  continuing the mission of WD My Cloud OS to simplify the digital chaos
we all  face with the growing amount of digital content in our lives.”

  With  the My Cloud family, users have anywhere access to their favorite digital  content by using WD’s award winning WD My Cloud mobile app for iOS®  or Android™ mobile devices. The WD My Cloud OS1.5 upgrade adds a dynamic Media  View feature to the mobile app, providing users with a more engaging experience  to view and search their photos, music and video content. The WD My Cloud app  also helps unify all of a users’ cloud storage under a single app and user  interface, allowing access to content on their personal cloud and on major  public cloud services such as Dropbox™, OneDrive™ and Google Drive™ from just  one app.

  The WD  My Cloud OS 1.5 upgrade also includes an update to the WD remote access servers  that provide the authentication and access to My Cloud devices to address the BASH/Shellshock  vulnerability.

Price and Availability

The WD My Cloud mobile app currently is available for download for free from the  App StoreSM and Google Play™ store. My Cloud products are available  at select U.S. retailers and online at the wdstore.com.