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I wonder if people know about Google's Stacks app? I don't know if it's as powerful as Paperless-Ngx, but it lets you organize docs pretty easily and some of it

I wonder if people know about Google's Stacks app? I don't know if it's as powerful as Paperless-Ngx, but it lets you organize docs pretty easily and some of it is automatic. I have "stacks" for insurance, id cards, receipts, medical records, etc. Whenever I get paper mail, I snap a photo and immediately toss it. I can then organize it in the Stacks app and easily be able to pull it up later. It's a pretty useful, easy solution IMO.

swader999 3y ago
Until they cancel it.
- xwowsersx 3y ago
  True :(((
Eddy_Viscosity2 3y ago
If it starts with 'google' then at best its something you try out then, if you like it, try and find that functionality in an app made by someone else. Google will kill this app just when you get fully invested. All google apps are traps and foot-guns, especially the ones that work great.
- xwowsersx 3y ago
  Probably right
- navigate8310 3y ago
  Definitely scary as it's under their incubator area120
hoppyhoppy2 3y ago
I can't get it on my, ahem, Google Pixel device running Android 13: >This app isn't available for your device because it was made for an older version of Android.
- xwowsersx 3y ago
  That's weird. I'm using it right now on the Pixel 7 Pro running Android 13.
- dstroot 3y ago
  Also: “Stack is only available on Android in the U.S. You can install it through the Google Play store.”
yunohn 3y ago
I usually don't jump on the "Google cancels everything" train, but do keep in mind that Stacks is a project from their Area 120 incubator, which saw heavy layoffs [1]. It's not on the remaining list, so it may have already been cancelled internally and currently in the process of being shut down. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/google-spares-three-area-120-rd-projects-including-team-working-on-a-gen-z-consumer-product/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/google-spares-three-area-1...

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I wonder if people know about Google's Stacks app? I don't know if it's as powerful as Paperless-Ngx, but it lets you organize docs pretty easily and some of it

by xwowsersx 3y ago

swader999 3y ago
Until they cancel it.
- xwowsersx 3y ago
  True :(((
Eddy_Viscosity2 3y ago
If it starts with 'google' then at best its something you try out then, if you like it, try and find that functionality in an app made by someone else. Google will kill this app just when you get fully invested. All google apps are traps and foot-guns, especially the ones that work great.
- xwowsersx 3y ago
  Probably right
- navigate8310 3y ago
  Definitely scary as it's under their incubator area120
hoppyhoppy2 3y ago
I can't get it on my, ahem, Google Pixel device running Android 13: >This app isn't available for your device because it was made for an older version of Android.
- xwowsersx 3y ago
  That's weird. I'm using it right now on the Pixel 7 Pro running Android 13.
- dstroot 3y ago
  Also: “Stack is only available on Android in the U.S. You can install it through the Google Play store.”
yunohn 3y ago
I usually don't jump on the "Google cancels everything" train, but do keep in mind that Stacks is a project from their Area 120 incubator, which saw heavy layoffs [1]. It's not on the remaining list, so it may have already been cancelled internally and currently in the process of being shut down. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/google-spares-three-area-120-rd-projects-including-team-working-on-a-gen-z-consumer-product/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/google-spares-three-area-1...