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John Velasco

I tested this Galaxy S26 AI feature to scan my tax documents — and it makes my scanner obsolete

A picture of a person scanning a document using the Galaxy S26's built-in, AI-powered document scanner.

Tax season is upon us, and if you’ve been putting off finalizing your taxes, you’ve got less than a couple of weeks to finish them. For as long as I can remember, I would dust off my sad HP all-in-one printer from its lonely shelf every year around this time to scan the documents I need — but that changed this year.

Instead of using my old reliable scanner, I opted for the Galaxy S26 because it has a hidden feature that practically pushes my scanner into permanent retirement. That’s because the Galaxy S26 features a new AI tool that makes scanning documents a breeze, including the ability to save them as a PDF file.

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