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

Works perfectly. Would be nice for this to be updated using Google Photos touchup AI, or just completely integrated into Google Photos. I see complaints that people are getting blurry results, I feel this is due to having older devices or scanning photos in dark rooms, etc. I've scanned multiple photos and they have all come out crystal clear.

Excellent for photo album pictures. If you need the best conversion of physical photos to digital, use a flatbed scanner. But if your photos cannot be easily removed from an album, this app is amazing. I've gotten best results using flash and holding the camera in landscape orientation. For portrait photos, hold the picture sideways. The app will often identify the correct orientation and crop it automatically. If not there are manual controls. Flash reflections will be eliminiated.

Downloading now, after reading reviews I was a bit discouraged but then again I don't own a printer or scanner or vehicle for that matter, so if I can scan my older photos or photos that are in someone else's frames on their walls, then it's a win for me regardless of the quality, as long as I'm able to see it well enough. Also, may I ask what make and model phones are most of you using for this app? I know my phone only allows me to download minimal quality, so I can't expect the best. TY.😊

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.