Scan a QR code with your webcam Sometimes you have a QR code on a sheet of paper but your phone isn't handy. Your laptop has a camera, though, and you can use it instead.

Open the Camera app and hold your Android phone so that the QR code appears in the viewfinder. Your phone should recognize the QR code and give you a notification.

Here’s how: Open the Camera app and hold your iPhone, so the QR code appears in the viewfinder. Your phone should recognize the QR code and give you a notification.

A QR code (short for Quick Response code) is a two-dimensional barcode that can be read by your smartphone camera. QR codes provide quick access to product information, promotions and other content.

Instagram is bringing QR codes to the app. Users can now generate QR codes that’ll be scannable from any supporting, third-party camera apps. It first launched the product in Japan last year ...

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QR codes are popular elsewhere in the world, and catching on in the U.S., but one barrier to common use is the need for a special app on a smartphone to read them. Not a problem now, as even ...

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But according to some reports on Twitter, QR codes in the U.S. are about to get a second chance, because the first iOS 11 beta has the ability to read QR codes via the native camera app.

On your phone, open the Camera app and hover the camera lens over the QR code. No need to snap a photo. Tap on the pop-up bar that automatically appears at the top of your phone screen.