Release Notes

We regularly update the Adobe Scan app to fix issues, improve performance, and provide you with an enhanced user experience. Keep your app up-to-date to ensure that you have access to the latest features and an improved user interface.

December, 2022-February, 2023

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

System requirements changes

None

September-November, 2022

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

  • Improved Book scanning feature: With current enhancements in the Book scanning feature, book capture now displays a page indicator and allows you to switch the book scanning order. Learn how to Scan books.

  • Adjust brightness & contrast of scans: You can now use the new Adjust tool to adjust the brighness and contrast of your scanned pages. See how to Adjust brightness & contrast.

  • Save scan files to Google Drive & Dropbox: Adobe Scan app now allows you to save your scans to Google Drive and Dropbox cloud locations. Learn how to Save a copy to Google drive or Dropbox.

System requirements changes

None

June-August, 2022

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

  • Apply new filters: You can now give your scans a vintage look, a crumbled paper look, or change the paper colors by applying the app’s new fun filters. See how to Apply filters.

  • Save scan copies on local device: Scan iOS app now allows you to save a copy of your scans on your local device. See how to Save a copy on device.

System requirements changes

None

March-May, 2022

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

  • Scan ID Cards: The iOS app of Adobe Scan now allows you to Scan ID Cards. You can scan both sides of an ID card on one page and adjust the scan using the scan modifying tools.

  • Use Markup tool: You can now use Adobe Scan’s new Markup tool to Add markups on your scanned pages.

  • Cloud Storage Upgrade: Document Cloud is now Adobe cloud storage.

System requirements changes

None

January-February, 2022

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

  • Book mode capture: You can now use Scan app’s new Book mode capture to simultaneously scan left and right pages of a book. Scan automatically identifies the book bind and splits the scan into two pages. Learn how to Scan books using the Book mode capture.

  • Delete user accounts: Adobe Scan now allows you to delete a user account and all the associated files. Learn how to Delete user account on Adobe Scan app.

System requirements changes

None

December, 2021

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

  • Compress PDF: Adobe Scan’s premium subscription feature Compress PDFs can now be used to compress scan files for easy sharing. You can select a high or low compression level to reduce the size of the file.

  • Resume scanning: Adobe Scan now allows you to Resume scanning a document when you previously drop-off from a capture without saving it.

  • Control auto-cropping of imported images: Adobe Scan now allows you to control auto-cropping of imported images and documents. Learn how to disable auto-crop when you Create scan from digital photos or documents or when you Import gallery photos via Share extension.

System requirements changes

Current release of Adobe Scan app supports iOS 14 and above.

August, 2021

What’s new

This release includes the following new features:

  • Password protect your scans: Adobe Scan Premium subscribers can now set passwords to protect files and remove passwords from protected files when not required.

  • Light text filter: You can now use a new Light text filter to adjust the color of your scans.

  • Improved capturing of multi-page documents: Adobe Scan now provides enhanced tools to help you capture multi-page documents and Crop pages using the Rotate tool and the back and forward buttons.

System requirements changes

None

May, 2021

What’s new

Besides performance and stability enhancements, this release includes following new features:

  • Advanced text actions: You can now perform more text actions on your saved scans with the new Text actions option on the Preview screen. For a scan containing text, you can copy text, email, or place a call.

  • Modified save process: This release provides an improved processing and saving of docs to Adobe cloud storage. You can monitor the processing status via an animated cloud icon and status messages.

System requirements changes

None

Known issues and bugs

  • Scans on the phone may be lost when the Adobe Scan folder on the web is moved to the Uploaded to Sent & Track folder and then moved back. [12987]

  • User storage quota is not updated in Settings after the account is upgraded. [25659]

  • OCR (text recognition) may experience problems or stop if the file is renamed during the process, the network connection fails, or text actions are selected on a blank page. [26960, 26944, 27613]

  • When a search result contains a business card, More Actions are not available. [20706]

  • The quick actions screen shows multiple borders after user taps shutter twice, [25382]

  • New scans may disappear from the Recent files list for accounts with over 200 files [27698]

March, 2021

What’s new

This release includes the following new features for Adobe Scan Premium or Adobe Scan Pro DC subscribers :

  • Export PDFs: You can now export PDF files to other formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and rich text.

  • Combine PDFs: You can now combine up to 12 files into a single PDF.