If you routinely download large files from Google Drive to your local computer, you’ve probably run into size limits for file downloads. 

While the 2GB individual file limit remains, Google is rolling out new functionality that lets you compress and download Drive items into multiple 2GB ZIP files. Files have an improved name structure, for example: drive-download-20160516T125832Z.zip for the first file and drive-download-20160516T125832Z-2.zip for subsequent archives.

Additionally, empty folders are now included in the ZIP file, and Google Forms handling has been improved.

For more information on improvements to downloading files and folders, go to the Google Drive Help Center.