Rip Microsoft Lens, a simple small application that is replaced by AI

Sometimes, it is good to have a simple app that does one good without a lot of noise.

Microsoft lens Was this type of application: a mobile document for mobile phones that turned into paper documents, work cards, receipts and anything else in easily readable digital files. Now, this app is stopped, says Microsoft, as it directs its users to the Copilot AI chat instead.

According to new support documentThe lens will be retired from iOS and Android devices that start on September 15, 2025, then removed from Apple App Store and Google Play on November 15, 2025. Existing users will be able to continue to use the survey capabilities in the application until December 15, 2025.

Firstly Launch in 2015Microsoft Lens (known and then desktop lens) has evolved from the application designed for Windows Phone. Although its basic functions were similar to other mobile scanning applications, they did not try to collect users for some jobs or push them to a subscription – rare in the application store today.

Instead, it conducted its mission of converting any note – handwritten or otherwise – the document, receipt, work card, or even the white blackboard in the file format you choose, such as PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Images. It also offered a variety of compact filters to enhance the resulting image, reduce the document, convert it into a more severe black and white version, and more.

You can then save the file to a Microsoft, other online services or camera roll. It was simple, and worked well.

The imminent application was discovered for the first time by the site BleepingCompuxThis indicates that users are directed to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, which lacks all functions in the lens. while Copilot The scan can be dealt with, not supporting these examination operations directly to Onenote, Word, or PowerPoint, as it does not provide work card surveying operations to Onenote. It also lacks the features of the lens arrival, such as reading loudly and Angel Integration, site notes.

Despite its age, the lens is still somewhat popular, as it got more than 322,000 downloads App Store and Google Play Over the past thirty days, according to data from the application intelligence provider Applications. Since January 2017, it has been downloaded 92.3 million times, as the company’s data appears.

Microsoft has not yet responded to the request to comment on its decision to close the lens.