RIP Microsoft Lens, a simple app that is replaced by AI

Sometimes it is nice to have a simple app that makes a good thing without a lot of fuss.

Microsoft Lens It was this type of app: a mobile document scanner that has returned paper documents, business card, and any other thing in facilitating digital files easily. Now, that the app was discontinued, Microsoft says, as directed their users to his c. app’s apple.

According to a new support documentLens recollected by ios the press of September of September on September 15 and 15 of the number of the number of the 10.

First launched in 2015Microsoft Lens (then known as the office lenses) Evolution from an application initially for Windows phone devices. While its heart feature was similar to other mobile scanning applications, did not try the users for certain functionality or pushed in a subscription in the App Store.

Instead, gave the task of returning every note – handwriting or otherwise – document, reproduct of your choice, as PDF, or images. It’s also offered a variety of filters integrated to enhance the resulting image, lighten the document, turfer in a tightest and white copy, and more.

You can then save the file to one of Microsoft applications, other online services, ou your camera roll. It was simple, and worked well.

The immediate app closing has been previously prior by the site Blewing computerthat indicates users are to direct to microsoft exhibition 365 copilot copilot, missing all functionality found in lens. While Copilot can handle scanning, do not support you directly to onnote, word, power, does not wear scans of alternote cards. Also is missing the lens accessibility as a read-out and Immersive reader Integration, the notes of u are.

In spite of their age, slow remains quite popular, having pulled in more than 322,000 downloads on the App Store and it Google Play During the past 30 days, according to the data by the applicant’s intelligence provider APPEQUE. I am Depends 2017, was downloaded 92.3 million times, the dates of the businesses.

Microsoft has not yet answered a comment request on their slip of lens closing.