Google Drive for iPhone Gains Document Scanner Feature

[MacRumors]

Google Drive for iPhone and iPad has been updated to finally include the document scanning feature that has featured in the Android version of the app for almost a decade.

Rolling out over the next three days, the scanning feature can be accessed via the app's camera icon. The scanner detects the edges of a document in the viewfinder, aligns things properly, and removes all glare and tilt to achieve a clean scan ready for uploading.

Multiple pages can be scanned in a session, users can crop scans if needed, and users residing in the U.S. can receive relevant title suggestions based on machine learning, according to Google. Apple has included a similar scanning feature in its stock Notes app since 2017.

On Tuesday, Google Drive users were warned not to disconnect their account within the Google Drive for desktop app, after a spate of reports of files going missing from the cloud service. Google is still investigating the issue.

Article Link: Google Drive for iPhone Gains Document Scanner Feature

 

[bLackjackj]

In the US. This has already been available in Australia for a while.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Well that's handy! I've been using Scanner Pro for years, when I'm not near an actual document scanner.

 

[urahara]

Interesting, for the name suggestion, does it send the scan to the servers (I would expect from Google) or does the processing on the phone.

 

[phill85]

what about the feature where it actually retains your files? 😂😅

…too soon?

 

[Any name]

Didn’t Google already scan all our documents?

 

[podycust]

Quick release that feature we’ve been sitting on for ages hopefully everyone will forget that bug…

 

[bLackjackj]

what about the feature where it actually retains your files? 😂😅

You do realise that Apple uses the same Google Servers for its storage 😏

 

[klasma]

Didn’t Google already scan all our documents?

Not the physical ones.

 

[YKApple]

How is Google the last one to do this… even Apple has been doing it for years?!

 

[antiprotest]

But then you open Google Drive on the desktop and...IT'S GONE!

Some Google Drive Users' Files Have Mysteriously Vanished

Google Drive users have been warned not to disconnect their account within the Google Drive for desktop app, after a spate of reports of files going...

www.macrumors.com

 

[addamas]

It was for ages… also reachable from widget.

 

[jayducharme]

This is timely. With MacOS 14, my old reliable Canon scanner is no longer supported. In fact, not even Canon supports it anymore. So I’ve shifted to using my iPhone as a scanner. In fact, I created two stands to make the process easier:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6315086
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6340109

 

[AirunJae]

FINALLY! The district I work in uses Google Docs and this will be so handy to not have to make a Note/PDF and then have to upload that note into Docs... hopefully a much smoother process.

 

[MrMetro]

Don’t worry if Google doesn’t Scan your document for their own data preservation. They’ll scan the document when you send it to somebody through Gmail.

 

[Chuckeee]

Interesting, for the name suggestion, does it send the scan to the servers (I would expect from Google) or does the processing on the phone.

Probably both, this is Google we are talking about.

 

[prime17569]

Anyone can add this scanner interface to their app because it's built-in to iOS. It's called VNDocumentCameraViewController.

VNDocumentCameraViewController | Apple Developer Documentation

An object that presents UI for a camera pass-through that helps people scan physical documents.

developer.apple.com

 

[antiprotest]

Didn’t Google already scan all our documents?

But now you will also get access to some of it.

 

[Japan Ricardo]

Well that's handy! I've been using Scanner Pro for years, when I'm not near an actual document scanner.

The iOS Notes app has had a scanner built in for years.

 

[ELman]

Microsoft has a similar offering using One Drive.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

The iOS Notes app has had a scanner built in for years.

I don't use notes, and I want a PDF of my scan.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Instead of “Scanner” it was supposed to say “Shredder.”

More Google bugs.

 

[victorvictoria]

Didn't MacRumors just write that users' data was mysteriously going missing on Google Drive?

Caveat Emptor!

 

[3530025]

How is Google the last one to do this… even Apple has been doing it for years?!

Uh nope. It has been available on Android long before Apple did anything like this.

The article is just about its availability for iOS and just US specifically. It's been already available in the Australia for a while see https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ocument-scanner-feature.2412343/post-32757429

 

[GuruZac]

I use Genius Scan to which works amazingly well and import directly in to my Files app. But this is a nice feature. Apple should add a built in scanner directly to Files.