MS Lens will no longer be available ‼️ You can do it now in MS Copilot

MS Lens will no longer be available ‼️ You can do it now in MS Copilot

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Microsoft Lens was mobile document scanner that turned paper documents, business cards, receipts, and anything else into easily readable digital files.

Now that app is being discontinued, Microsoft says, as it directs its users to its copilot AI Chat app instead.

According to a new support document, Lens will be retired from iOS and Android devices starting on September 15, 2025, then removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play on November 15, 2025.

Existing users will be able to continue to use the app's scanning capabilities through December 15, 2025.

After that date, no new scans will be possible, but access to prior scans will remain in the app as long as it stays on the user's device.

First launched in 2015, Microsoft Lens, then known as Office Lens.

Instead, it performed its task of turning any note, handwritten or otherwise, document, receipt,business card, or even whiteboard scribbles into the file format of your choice, like PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or images.

It also offered a variety of built-in filters to enhance the resulting image, lighten the document, turn it into a sharper black and white copy, and more.

You could then save the file to one of Microsoft's apps, other online services, or your camera roll.

It was simple, and it worked well.

The app's impending shutdown was first spotted by the site bleeping computer, which points out that users are being directed to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, which lacks all the functionality found in Lens.

While Copilot can handle scanning, it doesn't support saving those scans directly to OneNote, Word, or PowerPoint, nor does it save business card scans to OneNote.

It also lacks Lens accessibility features like Read Out Loud and Immersive Reader integration, the site notes.

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