Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September.
Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office Lens) can convert images into PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and it is capable of scanning both printed and handwritten text. Currently, the app has been downloaded 50 million times on the Google Play Store (with over 952,000 reviews with an average of 4.9/5 rating) and received nearly 136,000 ratings on Apple's App Store .
According to Microsoft's timeline, the retirement process will begin in mid-September, with new Apple App Store and Google Play Store installs to be disabled one month later.
Starting in mid-November, Microsoft Lens will be removed from app stores. Users who still have it installed will