This means that third-party apps calling on either API will soon be able to zoom into distant QR codes automatically. Additionally, since the built-in QR scanner on Android 13 and above uses the ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Your Android phone's camera likely can scan QR codes without the use of a third-party app. Here's how: • Open the Camera app and hold your Android phone so that the QR code appears in the ...

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.

Now, Google is taking things up a notch, by letting Android’s QR code scanner automatically zoom in on the codes it finds.

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.

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.

Your Android or iPhone can probably already scan QR codes. Here's how to do it no matter what phone you have.