The algorithm will also be able to identify a user's PAN card and Aadhaar card data from documents stored on the Files app, according to the company.
Digital Desk: The tech giant announced the addition of the document storage service DigiLocker to the Files app on Android in the near future at the Google for India event on Monday. With its partnership with National eGovernance Division (NeGD), Google wants to let people easily access their government-issued digital documents including PAN, passport, Aadhaar, or any other on their smartphone. The goal of this collaboration is to save time spent searching for important ID proof among hundreds of files.
According to Google, the Files app will be able to recognize the user's government documents and organize them in a single, secure folder. The algorithm will also be able to identify a user's PAN card and Aadhaar card data from documents stored on the Files app, according to the company.
The documents saved in Google Files "will be in an isolated environment on the device, and can only be accessed using a unique lockscreen authentication," according to the company. This simply means that no one other than the phone's user will be able to access the documents.
"We expect that DigiLocker's integration and partnership on Android will drive smoother and ubiquitous access to digitised documents in a safe and secure manner for all our users," said Abhishek Singh, President and CEO of NeGD and MD & CEO of Digital India Corporation (DIC), in announcing the collaboration. Google has not specified when the DigiLocker integration will be made available to users. Neither has the company revealed any information about its collaboration with iOS.
DigiLocker surpassed the 100 million user base mark as of March 2022. Singh also disclosed that DigiLocker has more than 137 million registered users. He also stated that the service has over 2,300 issuers and has issued over 5.6 billion documents to date.
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