Office App to Fade Away as Microsoft Deploys Alternative Scanning Feature

The Office Lens scanner app, which was initially launched in 2015, will be discontinued on February 9th, marking its official removal from iOS and Android devices by March 9th. This move comes as Microsoft shifts the scanning capabilities of the app to its OneDrive service, making it redundant to have a standalone app. Users can still capture images of whiteboards, documents, and receipts using Office Lens, which will then be saved and edited digitally in OneDrive, where they can be converted into Word or PDF documents and properly cropped and rotated.