PhotoScan by Google Photos

Google LLC

About this app

PhotoScan is a scanner app from Google Photos that lets you scan and save your favorite printed photos using your phone’s camera.



Picture perfect and glare free



Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans, wherever your photos are.



– Get glare-free scans with an easy step-by-step capture flow



– Automatic cropping based on edge detection



– Straight, rectangular scans with perspective correction



– Smart rotation, so your photos stay right-side-up no matter which way you scan them



Scan in seconds



Capture your favorite printed photos quickly and easily, so you can spend less time editing and more time looking at your bad childhood haircut.



Safe and searchable with Google Photos



Back up your scans with the Google Photos app to keep them safe, searchable, and organized. Bring your scans to life with movies, filters, and advanced editing controls. And share them with anyone, just by sending a link.

Ratings and reviews

Seriously? I scanned three photos, the results were perfect. I'm on photo number four, and I've scanned it about thirty times now, and it just won't work. The heads get cut off, the photo is upside down, and there's clearly a glare from the LED flash still present. Lately Google's been eighty-percenting it, as in "They've got the job almost done, it's eighty percent done, just a little more effort and we'd be there." But instead, they stop at eighty percent and call it a day.

I love this app. I can scan and save some old pics. I can share them with family and I'm actually looking at them. It's real easy to use and the scan quality is great. However, where it falls short is the corner adjustment. It's sometimes hard to get it exactly where you want it. Instead of having just the drag option with your finger, vit would be nice if you could select a corner and tap up/down and left/right to move it slightly each way until you get it to exactly where you want.

Did what was asked of it, and I've found it quite useful for other tasks than simply scanning old photographs which is primarily why I acquired it originally. I will say, though, for scanning pictures and other relatively small items - you have to be possessed of very steady hands while you physically use the camera to capture the item properly! But even so, correction in editing of images is easy.

What’s new

Easier capture and save

Scanned photos are saved to your device on capture.



Improved corner editor

In addition to the corners, you can now drag the edges to adjust the automatic cropping of your scanned photo.