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      PhotoScan by Google Photos

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      PhotoScan is a new 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 free 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.
      My review
      Review from Remi Flament
      Remi Flament
      Fonctionne très bien. Par contre il vaut mieux le faire sans flash et avec la lumière du jour. Merci aux devs.

      Reviews

      4.3
      30,847 total
      5 19,937
      4 4,881
      3 2,339
      2 1,444
      1 2,246
      Noah Sawatzki
      I needed to send a scan of my driver's license and my social security card to a new employer and using my S8+ camera app worked OK, but it looks at least as good as any scanner I've ever used with this app, maybe better. It's simple, intuitive, and only took a few seconds to get some quality captures to send along. No one would know I used a phone.
      Roger Clark
      Wonderful way to scan photos ! Beats my flatbed scanner and all the cropping, trimming, editing ect. The only a couple suggestions. Using 4 corner dots when scanning is somewhat tedious, but I'm sure there is a good reason requiring this. Could you please add a multi picture scan mode, the ability to launch an app like snapseed for example, to edit if I wanted too, and finally an easier way to catalog scans into an album or something?
      Jay Kennedy
      I personally think it's silly to keep thousands of pictures in boxes spread throughout the house from the attic, to the basement.. When they are actually just waiting for the garbage. It's nice that Google made this app to super easily file away those pictures that if you're honest, you'll admit you'll probably never look at again anyway. If your looking for super high quality copies, I suggest you send them off to a service.. Or keep the originals. Otherwise this app totally helps with clutter.
      Lachlan Milburn
      I'm not one to review apps but this one is brilliant to no end. I scanned my photos with this app to get them printed and the quality of the prints are purely astonishing. I would imagine that it depends on the camera of the phone but even so, this is great.
      Dimitri Ivanov
      Ridiculously bad quality makes this useless and defeats the purpose. Photo cameras are already bad scanners for 2-dimensional objects, but you can get much better results by just taking a normal, high-resolution photo with your phone camera in good lighting, playing with the angles. The image processing of this app doesn't effectively remove glare, but it does result in more blurry and lower res images, compared to taking a normal photo. Seems more like Google developers playing with a new and interesting technology rather than a useful and finished product.
      Shelley Angelone
      Cool idea but holy moly does it make my good camera look like it takes some poor quality pictures!! The crap feature needs a lock so its an even pull and not all over the place. My glare was still there, I get it'll still appear bc its not a full photo exiting app, but it shouldn't say don't sorry about the glare when there's still one. It has potential, but this quality needs fixing big time. I'm not gonna keep a photo of my scanned in family pic and its pixilated. My phone camera will do just fine and make it look legit.

      User reviews

      Noah Sawatzki May 9, 2017
      I needed to send a scan of my driver's license and my social security card to a new employer and using my S8+ camera app worked OK, but it looks at least as good as any scanner I've ever used with this app, maybe better. It's simple, intuitive, and only took a few seconds to get some quality captures to send along. No one would know I used a phone.
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      Roger Clark April 20, 2017
      Wonderful way to scan photos ! Beats my flatbed scanner and all the cropping, trimming, editing ect. The only a couple suggestions. Using 4 corner dots when scanning is somewhat tedious, but I'm sure there is a good reason requiring this. Could you please add a multi picture scan mode, the ability to launch an app like snapseed for example, to edit if I wanted too, and finally an easier way to catalog scans into an album or something?
      Full Review
      Jay Kennedy April 24, 2017
      I personally think it's silly to keep thousands of pictures in boxes spread throughout the house from the attic, to the basement.. When they are actually just waiting for the garbage. It's nice that Google made this app to super easily file away those pictures that if you're honest, you'll admit you'll probably never look at again anyway. If your looking for super high quality copies, I suggest you send them off to a service.. Or keep the originals. Otherwise this app totally helps with clutter.
      Full Review
      Lachlan Milburn May 11, 2017
      I'm not one to review apps but this one is brilliant to no end. I scanned my photos with this app to get them printed and the quality of the prints are purely astonishing. I would imagine that it depends on the camera of the phone but even so, this is great.
      Full Review
      Dimitri Ivanov May 8, 2017
      Ridiculously bad quality makes this useless and defeats the purpose. Photo cameras are already bad scanners for 2-dimensional objects, but you can get much better results by just taking a normal, high-resolution photo with your phone camera in good lighting, playing with the angles. The image processing of this app doesn't effectively remove glare, but it does result in more blurry and lower res images, compared to taking a normal photo. Seems more like Google developers playing with a new and interesting technology rather than a useful and finished product.
      Full Review
      Shelley Angelone April 27, 2017
      Cool idea but holy moly does it make my good camera look like it takes some poor quality pictures!! The crap feature needs a lock so its an even pull and not all over the place. My glare was still there, I get it'll still appear bc its not a full photo exiting app, but it shouldn't say don't sorry about the glare when there's still one. It has potential, but this quality needs fixing big time. I'm not gonna keep a photo of my scanned in family pic and its pixilated. My phone camera will do just fine and make it look legit.
      Full Review
      Piers Powlesland May 20, 2017
      I thought that taking 5 shots of the same photo would have given you some sort of super-resolution but boy was I wrong. This app manages to turn a perfectly good camera into a tool that captures absolute rubbish. I feel really sorry for everyone who's "captured" their photographs with this app, later they'll find out that actually all they've got is a pile of garbage.
      Full Review
      Karan Pradhan May 12, 2017
      It's a wonderful idea, but I am having issues with a lot of old pictures where the tracker looses the corners, and the image looks a lot more faded than it actually is. The flat removal needs work too. But love the direction this is going in. If these bugs are fixed, if it's just the app I was looking for to digitize and share old memories with my family.
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      Robert Ogawa-Monroe April 21, 2017
      Very clever.. and, it usually works well (resulting composition is better than just a regular camera shot) but sometimes needs a retake. * To allow user to keep camera in a steady pose, it needs a visual countdown timer (a circle that fills like a clock face) before it actually snaps the corner pictures. (many times, the camera fires before I'm ready & it's stable) * using the set of 5 pictures i would like to see options to correct perspective & angle distortions better. i.e., make a RL rectangle a rectangle shape in picture (not trapezoidal)
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      Yi Xuan Tan May 4, 2017
      THE app I've been waiting for since before it was even announced. Wanted to make one myself but lacked neural network expertise. This is arguably the best phone scanner app out there!
      Full Review
      Abhishek Kumar Ojha May 10, 2017
      Thank you google for the amazing PhotoScan. It helped me a lot for scanning my old childhood pictures without glare as compared to a normal picture taken from the camera with flash that contains glare and unclear pics when taken without flash to avoid glare.
      Full Review
      Jaypee Juanerio April 19, 2017
      Difficult app to use as you need to align four dots before scanning a picture which defeats the purpose of a quick, reliable scan and useless for scanning receipts. Unless, Google would make it user friendly, it will sucks big time.
      Full Review
      Charlotte Henningsen April 24, 2017
      Trying to scan 48 years of photos for a memorial can be time consuming and emotional. This is an amazing way to capture them quickly and without to much tweeking. Thank you.
      Full Review
      Clay Gibbs April 24, 2017
      One of the main draws of Google Photos is the auto sort by place and time. I should be able to scan my pic then manually add the photo date so it's correct in my timeline
      Full Review
      Michael Hoang April 20, 2017
      Fantastic app, very quick to "scan" as you take a pic of the whole photo then simply move along the 4 dots at the corners. Great picture quality and now supports higher resolutions.
      Full Review
      Vyshakh PV May 19, 2017
      Photos are glare free, but final photos are of very poor quality. Less details. Low resolution. Output photos are not suitable for backing up.
      Full Review
      Taylor Williams April 22, 2017
      This app has the potential to be great. It's just not there yet. The biggest disappointment with it is resolution that outputs.
      Full Review
      David Dilworth May 20, 2017
      Not supported on my Nexus 5x device, means I have to use my old Nexus 5 with a worse camera.
      Full Review
      saurav mishra April 28, 2017
      takes a lot of time in scanning also it is not glare free as it claims and photos are not very clear plus one cannot adjust the size of frame accordingly
      Full Review
      Gerardo Gomez April 23, 2017
      Impressive, first time I used it I was amazed, the color is not perfect but is very close to be. I would actually give this one. 4.5
      Full Review
      Johnnie Gray May 1, 2017
      Nice idea with the glare removal but really disappointing quality. Always shadows and highlights blown, low resolution, colour off.
      Full Review
      Phil Whistlecroft April 21, 2017
      Makes scanning convenient. Sit in your comfy chair while watching the rugby on tv and still produce quality scans quickly (on my S7). Loving it. And free. Thanks Google.
      Full Review
      maralin heard May 6, 2017
      Thanks google what a life saver it has made things faster and easier and you can tell that the quality is still there.
      Full Review
      Karly Lou Philips May 4, 2017
      It's perfect except that if you don't have perfect lighting, the image quality will be terrible. I can only use it by the window.
      Full Review
      ANSHUMAN PRAJAPATI May 7, 2017
      This is good app for only scanning of photos but if we scan any content related image like a page of a book then it blur the content of the book.... Otherwise the app is good for photo scanning
      Full Review
      Nived Kannada April 21, 2017
      Very helpful for digitalization of documents. But we should be able to capture the max resolution available or it's useless.
      Full Review
      Kayla Adkins April 29, 2017
      I scanned my photo several times and all it looks like it did was take a normal picture. Glares and my table included.
      Full Review
      Светов Николай April 23, 2017
      Unpredictable photo resolution. Vary from 2 megapixels to 8. No way to estimate resolution before export.
      Full Review
      Tariq Niazi May 6, 2017
      This app crashes on Note 4 running Marshmallow. Please fix!
      Full Review
      Andinga Tacho May 3, 2017
      Idiot da whole point of PhotoScan was watermark free. Downgrading. Idiots😠
      Full Review
      Erick W April 23, 2017
      Impressive quality from old photos scanned even in poor luminosity condition. Google is always surprising us with awesome apps.
      Full Review
      Sa Li May 7, 2017
      Very good app actually. Just not so helpful when my Nexus 5X is not supported.
      Full Review
      Bessie Wilson Barron April 21, 2017
      I BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE AND I HAVE IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS App FAITH HOPE LOVE INCHES BW420
      Full Review
      Alexandre Julien April 26, 2017
      Please get rid of that annoying watermark. It makes this app unusable!
      Full Review
      Benjamin Shepherd May 8, 2017
      Tedious to use and provides inconsistent results. Don't bother with this if you already know how to use image editing software.
      Full Review
      Chris Chiang May 1, 2017
      It works save me some hassle looking for a scanner
      Full Review
      Dayashankar Navani April 23, 2017
      Pic One my favorite apps now so many pics have been saved thnx to u guys
      Full Review
      Mouhamed Aymen Hammami April 29, 2017
      Most captures are blurry. A serious auto focus problem.
      Full Review
      Melanie Caudillo May 20, 2017
      I thought an App like this should be invented but I couldnt afford 5o invent it Respectfully, Melanie
      Full Review
      Chris Parker May 20, 2017
      This app can't be installed if you change your DPI settings. That's a bit silly, isn't it?
      Full Review
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      What's New

      New quick scan mode
      • Toggle off glare removal for one-capture scans
      • Great for documents and photos in glare-free environments
      Plus, you can now share your scans right from the app.

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      Updated
      April 21, 2017
      Installs
      1,000,000 - 5,000,000
      Requires Android
      5.0 and up
      Content Rating
      PEGI 3
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