Every now and then, Google surprises us by announcing the closure of a different service or platform. The most recent example of this is with Google Podcasts: It’s no longer available since the beginning of this year, and users will have to switch to YouTube Music or streaming apps. podcasts From third parties like Pocket Casts.

It’s no secret that Google has a tendency to shut down services and platforms that don’t work as the company expects. There is even a website called ‘Killed by Google’ where we can look at all the services the company has closed. Although there are some very popular platforms (like Google Podcasts, Google Domains or Google VPN), there are also other lesser-known services.

Google’s graveyard continues to grow

The latest app to join the list of tools shut down by the company is ‘Stack: PDF Scanner by Google’, an app for scanning and editing documents from your mobile phone that we talked about a few years ago. As the company states, the application It will stop receiving support on September 23.

Here’s why Google decided to discontinue this app: The main functions of the application are integrated into Google Drive: Nowadays, it is possible to use the Google Drive application to easily scan documents and keep them organized in our Google Drive account.

To ease the transition, Google makes the app available to users a tool to export documents Data we store on Stack to Google Drive. You can find this option in the app settings by going to: Bill > Settings > Import all documents to Drive.

Once the previous steps are completed, all documents stored in the application will become available in Google Drive: they will appear in a folder called “Stack”. If you want to export a single document, you can do this from the “Share” menu that can be accessed when opening the relevant document.

Looking back, ‘Stack: PDF Scanner by Google’ emerged at Area 120 (the company’s project incubator) and we have already talked about the uncertain future of this app in 2021. This is because most of Google’s experiments have ended. integration with other company servicesas in Stack at the end.

It is interesting to note at this point that Stack has quite useful features. For example, it was able to find and display important elements of our documents, such as the amount or date on an invoice. The application was only available in the United States, but it was also possible to install it in other countries using the corresponding APK.

via | 9to5Google

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