Need a Microsoft Lens replacement? These 5 alternative scanning apps fit the bill ...

Bad news if you rely on Microsoft’s Lens: PDF Scanner app for your PDF scanning needs. The company has announced that the app will be discontinued in the coming months, and is recommending users ...

It had a good life.

Microsoft is quietly winding down its Lens scanning app for iOS and Android, the company confirmed in a support document. Formerly known as Office Lens, the app lets users convert images into PDFs, ...

Microsoft Lens will now be removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store on February 9, 2026, with all support ending the same day. Users can continue to create new scans until March 9, 2026; ...

There comes a time when all great apps must die, especially if Microsoft owns them. Redmond has taken many tools away from me, from Sunrise Calendar to Wunderlist, and now it’s hooking Microsoft Lens ...

Microsoft is killing off its Microsoft Lens scanner app for iOS and Android apps. Launched in 2014 for the now-defunct Windows Phone, the mobile document scanner allows users to turn their paper ...

There might be times when you have to scan a document on Windows 11. It could be a paper you signed and need to email, or just something you want to keep as a digital copy. If you have a Windows ...

Two-dimensional barcodes called Quick Response codes, or QR codes for short, are used to store data that devices can read. While QR codes are popularly scanned via smartphones, what if you want to ...