Box received a pretty nifty update on Google Play yesterday, bringing with it a completely redesigned user interface, together with a fresh new widget, a left-swipe navigation drawer, a revamped updates feed, new sorting options, and the ability to switch between multiple Box accounts from within the app.

On my Mac and Windows PCs, where I have access to a speedy connection, I have mounted my Box and Dropbox account to act as a local virtual storage. This allows me to seamlessly transfer files between them and my local storage drives with a simple copy & paste, and it makes my cloud storage services much more useful.

On Android, I need to ‘share’ files to the official Dropbox or Box app to save files on either of these cloud storage services, but there is a way to mount these services as if they’re SD cards. Here’s how.

Cloud storage service provider Box teamed up with LG a while back to offer up 50GB of free storage to those using LG phones and tablets in the U.S. running Android OS 2.1 and above (with display resolution of 320×480 or higher). Since that promotion doesn’t expire until December 31, 2012 and the Nexus 4 is an LG device, anyone in the US with a Nexus 4 is officially eligible for the free 50GB Box Personal account.