Document scanning used to require large and noisy devices that took up serious desk or even floor space. Today, the same job is done on the phone in a few seconds, and Google Drive has further improved its built-in scanner to more easily cope with a larger amount of documentation.
Sameer Samat, president of the Android ecosystem at Google, announced the new features. The most important among them is Smart Batch Scanningan option that allows the user to hold the camera over multiple documents and have the app automatically scan them as separate files.
Google Drive Scanner processes more documents faster
In the example shown, the three invoices are automatically converted into separate documents, which can make it much easier to keep track of expenses, file papers, and organize business documents. Instead of taking a picture of each paper individually, Google Drive tries to recognize multiple documents in the same frame and process them separately.
Another useful novelty is Duplicate Detection. It is intended for users who often accidentally take multiple screenshots of the same page. The system recognizes duplicates and removes excess, so the final document remains cleaner and clearer.
There is also Auto-Best Framea function that selects the sharpest frame when one shot is blurry. This reduces the need for re-imaging and helps the scanned document look neater without additional manual adjustments.
It is also important that the processing is done directly on the device. This means that functions can work offline, without constant reliance on the cloud, while user privacy remains better protected.
The new options have already started arriving to users. The Google Drive scanner is located in the application itself, via the camera icon in the lower right corner of the screen, writes Android Police.