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Google Drive\u2019s document scanner works well, but it\u2019s getting a big upgrade. A new Google Workspace Labs feature lets users switch to a Material 3 Expressive UI with a faster, fully automatic document scanner in Google Drive powered by AI.<\/p>\n
The scanner in Google Drive has been around for years, and the automatic capture function has served users well for getting documents uploaded or downloaded in quick succession. Following a Material 3 Expressive update<\/a> to the scanned documents editor, the scanner itself is getting an upgrade.<\/p>\n A new AI-powered Google Workspace Labs feature has begun popping up for some users in Google Drive\u2019s scanner. When opening up the camera to scan a document, whether from the camera app in Android or from the Drive app itself, a new popup looks to be offering an AI-powered experience.<\/p>\n The camera UI has completely changed. Colors pop a little more with an M3 Expressive design, and new buttons. The gallery upload button is still there in a familiar spot, but the capture button has moved to the right. That\u2019s because the mode slider that allowed users to switch from manual to auto capture is gone.<\/p>\n \tAdvertisement – scroll for more content<\/p>\n \t\tBefore<\/p>\n \t\tAfter<\/p>\n Instead, the Google Drive scanner begins scanning automatically. A new stop button pauses automatic scanning, though the camera will still detect documents and show an outline. That outline now looks very Samsung Galaxy-esque with greens and blues lining the edges of detected documents.<\/p>\n Because Google Drive\u2019s AI scanner is on autopilot, you can now flip and place new pages in front of the camera to create a multi-page document with some serious speed. There\u2019s no need to hit the \u201c+\u201d button multiple times to add more pages to a single PDF. If the scanner sees a new page, it will scan it and add it to the file.<\/p>\n This feature first appeared while trying to scan a large legal document on our Pixel 10 Pro XL<\/a>. Normally, the process would take several minutes to complete. The new AI Labs update shrunk that to a few seconds. The scanner recognized each new page that it was shown and added them in order.<\/p>\n From there, the newly available editor allows for finer document editing. Files can then be downloaded or uploaded to Google Drive.<\/p>\n The new feature looks to be slowly rolling out. Look for a new Google Workspace Lab card that appears when opening the scanner in Google Drive. It may still be a while until the feature makes its way to the public version of Google Drive.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Google-Drive-scanner-UI-labs-1.jpg\")
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