Now it’s time. Microsoft has abolished the 2 GB file-length limit in the consumer product OneDrive.. The old limit was 2 GB. You may look here for the OneDrive limitations. I have done an example: a 4,3 GB HD-video (mp4), which I copied into my OneDrive folder.

	After copy a 4,3 GB mp4 Video into my OneDrive folder
	reaching the old limit(2 GB )
	syncing more than  2 GB…
	Ready: 4,3 GB Video auf OneDrive

 

The restrictions are lifted but only in Windows Explorer, the modern apps have not been updated and also in the web browser the old restrictions. Currently, the 4.3 GB video could not be played in the browser.

What is missing?

The official announcement by Microsoft, and the new limit, if there is one

[Update]: as my MVP colleague Martin Geuss has indicated there is the old 2GB limit with him yet. This means that these changes take place in several stages. And are supplied on the cloud servers to more than 250,000 customers OneDrive with these changes, it can take quite a few days …

Links:

Microsoft OneDrive Blog
TheNextWeb 
Reddit
Dr.Windows
Neowin
The Windows Phone Hub
OneDrive News around the Globe