Seagate unveils all-aluminium enclosed USB-powered hard drive Innov8

Seagate Technology PLC, the leading American data storage company, has unveiled Innov8, the world's first USB-powered desktop hard drive. All the power that the 8TB Innov8 drive needs is delivered along with the data down a single, reversible USB-C cable thanks to a feature that Seagate is calling Ignition Boost.

The all-new USB-powered desktop hard drive is housed in an all-aluminium enclosure that's both sturdy and well-balanced.

All Innov8 drives come with Seagate Dashboard software, which offers users either one-click on-demand or customizable, scheduled backups for their devices. Also included is 200GB of Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage and Lyve software compatibility, so users can back up, access and share their data from any device (Android and iOS) or location.

The drive enclosed in an all-aluminium enclosure does require a free USB 3.1, and is compatible with Windows 8 and above, and OS X 10.11 and above.

The 8TB Seagate Innov8 will be available in April and will come in at a very reasonable $349.