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RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI


Microsoft is killing Lens, a handy mobile scanning app with over 90 million downloads.

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. 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. It also lacks Lens’ accessibility features like read-out-loud and Immersive Reader integration, the site notes.

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