A report states that a recent Google Messages beta has brought about the company's QR code-based verification keys on Android ...

Android’s QR code scanner redesign is widely rolling out with version 25.26.35 of Google Play services. Restart your device if it’s not appearing yet.

Additionally, since the built-in QR scanner on Android 13 and above uses the ML Kit Barcode Scanning API, it's possible this functionality could also be extended to QR scanning in the camera app.

Android’s built-in QR code scanner is finally getting its long-overdue design refresh, a year after we first spotted it in a teardown of a Google Play Services beta release.

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the ...

Google’s latest Code Scanner API in GMS can auto-zoom and read QR codes from a distance using machine learning. It lets developers embed the feature into apps.

Google has updated ML Kit’s Barcode Scanning API and the Code Scanner API with auto-zoom, enabling the camera to automatically zoom in to scan barcodes that are far away. The scanner will ...

It's expected to work in both Google's own QR Code Scanner and in other apps. Because this is an API-level upgrade, app developers won't have to grant any new camera permissions for the tool to work.

If you're on an Android device, however, there are three best ways to scan a QR code: Google Lens, your native camera app, and a third-party app. In this guide, we've covered the step-by-step ...

Snapchat – Snapchat lets users scan Snapcodes, a type of QR code unique to the platform, to add friends quickly. Twitter – Twitter's QR codes make it easy to search, and then follow other users.

They can be great time-savers, but they're not always obvious in how to use them, particularly if you have an older Android phone. Here's how to scan a QR code with any phone.