Microsoft Lens was that type of app: a mobile document scanner that turned paper documents, business cards, receipts, and anything else into easily readable digital files. Now, that app is being discontinued, Microsoft says, as it directs its users to its Copilot AI chat app instead.

Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue its Microsoft Lens application in the coming weeks, directing its users to its Copilot artificial intelligence application. The Lens application serves as a mobile scanner for all sorts of documents.

Originally known as Office Lens, the free app quickly gained traction as a way to convert documents, notes, and whiteboard sketches into digital formats using your