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Microsoft brings a preview of its Office Lens document scanning tool to Android
June 14, 2025
Microsoft’s Office Lens app aims to help you stop misplacing important documents and receipts you collect throughout the day. The Windows Phone version of the app was released over a year ago, but today the company announced that a preview of Office Lens is now available on Android.
For those who have never heard of Office Lens, it basically turns your phone into a mobile scanner, allowing you to snap photos of almost any document and easily save the enhanced image to any of your favorite Microsoft applications. All you need to do is snap a photo of a whiteboard or document and Office Lens will trim and enhance the image to make it readable. You can even convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, which lets you edit the text once it’s saved. Unfortunately you’ll only be able to save documents in OneNote, OneDrive, Word and PowerPoint, so you’re options are pretty limited for now.
Here is the full list of features Office Lens brings to the table:
Since the app is still in beta, you’ll need to go through a few extra steps before you can download it. For those interested in trying it out, you’ll first need to join theOffice Lens Android Preview Communityon Google+. Once you’re a member,follow this linkto become a tester. After that,head to the Google Play Storeto download the app.
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