Google Drive Loses File Extension on Download (Nexus 6P)

[AC Question]

An MP3 file is shared to my Google Drive. On a Nexus 6P (Android 7.1.1), I download it. When I look in the Download folder, the file has lost its .mp3 exxtension. I can edit the name and add the extension--the album cover is added automatically and the file plays as expected.

When I download from Drive to Windows 10, the file has kept its .mp3 extension.

Am I missing a setting on the 6P so Drive will retain the file extension on downloading?

Thanks!!!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! When you look at the file in Google Drive, does it actually show up as a music file, denoted by an icon that looks like musical notes?

 

[Bill_YEG]

Good question!!

In Drive, the icon is a red square with a white silhouette of a pair of headphones.

Once the file is downloaded to the phone's Download folder, the icon is a greyish square. (This is from memory so I might be a little off.)

Once I edit the file name in the Download folder and add .mp3, the icon changes to a thumbnail of the album cover, or a red icon with a white musical note inside.

Thank you!

 

[B. Diddy]

Strange, I can't duplicate that issue on mine. When you look at the filename in Google Drive, is .mp3 part of the filename?