With an announcement that will not fail to surprise, and perhaps disappoint, many users, the Redmond giant confirmed that Microsoft Lens (the well -known apps for scanning documents previously known as Office Lens) will be gradually withdrawn by Android and iOS in the coming months; A change of strategy that falls within a wider process of rationalization of the services, already seen in other recent moves of the company.

The Microsoft Lens app closes its doors, the dates to score

There Roadmap provided by the company for the closure of Microsoft Lens is quite clear, as well as marked in several phases:

  • mid -September 2025 -> start of the app elimination process
  • mid -October 2025 -> deactivation of new installations on Google Play Store and Apple App Store
  • mid -November 2025 -> complete removal of the app by the stores
  • December 15, 2025 -> impossibility of creating new scans in the app, even for those who have already installed it

The Scans already present in the folder Myscans they will remain accessiblebut the app will no longer be supported.

Those who today use Microsoft Lens to convert images into PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel images, with features ranging from the scan of texts printed to handwritten ones, will have to deal with some limitations if it decides to Switch to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, indicated by the company as an official alternative.

This in fact, in fact It does not allow you to save scans directly on Onenote, Word or PowerPointdoes not allow the scan of business cards to save them in Onoote and does not integrate Neither the reading aloud nor immersve Reader; Instead, the possibility of accessing the scans saved on OneDrive from the section remains Mycreactions.

However, Microsoft has promised to add new functions and improve the existing ones in Copilot, but users will have to adapt to a different workflow.

The withdrawal of Microsoft Lens is part of a path already undertaken by the company, which in recent months has said goodbye and announced the closure, of different services or applications, such as the automatic password filling function in Microsoft Authenticator, the removal of Microsoft Publisher from Microsoft 365, or the farewell to Paint 3D by the official store.

Microsoft Lens boasts impressive numbers, 50 million downloads only on the Google Play Store, with an average evaluation of 4.9/5, and a faithful community that has used it for years; Its exit on the scene, especially in the Android world, leaves a void that will not be immediately filled given the partial difference in functions between Lens and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Travelers who use the software still have a few months to organize themselves, export the data of their interest and decide whether to rely on Copilot or migrate to other third -party solutions.