Android: This long-awaited function will finally reconcile you with QR codes

Whether we like it or not, QR codes are a part of our daily life. Especially since 2020 health crisis It has made it necessary to give up paper supports as much as possible in gathering places in order to prevent transmission of COVID-19. Today, QR codes are used for everything : look at a restaurant’s menu, transfer a WhatsApp account from one mobile phone to another, trigger a description of an artifact in a museum, and sometimes, unfortunately, set up scams to steal money.

But as practical as they are, it is sometimes difficult to use them especially when they are far away. For example, we would like to avoid having to cross the street to scan the QR code of a concert poster or approach the TV screen during configuration. It is finally a fact. Google updates QR code scanning program on Android and now, your smartphone automatically zooms.

As soon as your smartphone detects a QR code, it will automatically zoom in.

Even better: Since this is a feature built into the custom Android program, All QR code scanning apps that use the latter will benefit from the update.. As seen in the demo video posted on Twitter by Mishaal Rahman who noticed the change, system responsive and efficient. As soon as the mobile phone detects a code to be scanned, it zooms in and reads the code without the need for the user to approach.

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There’s no official global release date as the feature is still in testing, but it’s obviously already started. Note that only devices running Android 13 and higher should be affected. In July 2023 approx. 30% of smartphones Run on this version of Android, according to the StatCounter site.