Microsoft is quietly winding down its Lens scanning app for iOS and Android, the corporate confirmed in a help doc.
Previously often known as Workplace Lens, the app lets customers convert photographs into PDFs, PowerPoint slides, and Excel recordsdata, dealing with each handwritten and printed paperwork with ease. It was easy, dependable, and extensively used — however it’s now on the chopping block. Microsoft plans to formally retire the app on Sept. 15, 2025.
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Help will finish on Nov. 15, 2025, when Lens shall be pulled from each the App Retailer and Google Play. Customers will nonetheless be capable to create scans till Dec. 15, 2025, however after that, the function shall be disabled. Present scans will stay accessible so long as the app stays put in on the gadget.
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The transfer marks the tip of an app that’s seen greater than 50 million downloads on Google Play and almost 136,000 scores on Apple’s App Retailer.
Microsoft is pointing customers towards Microsoft 365 Copilot, which carries over most of Lens’s scanning capabilities. Nevertheless, Copilot lacks a few of Lens’s largest perks, together with direct saving to Microsoft Suite apps and accessibility options like read-aloud help and Immersive Reader integration.
