Instagram – Instagram users can scan Nametags, a form of QR code, to quickly follow someone. Facebook – The Facebook app uses QR codes for friend requests and event check-ins.

It can scan a wide variety of 1D and 2D code types, including QR codes, barcodes, and EAN-13 codes. It scans quickly and saves a history of your scans, so you can go back to a previous QR code ...

Text: Scanning a QR code reveals a small amount of text in the code. While this seems low risk, QR codes are not human-readable and unless you scan one, you have no idea that the contents are ...

Scanning a QR code doesn't take third-party app. CyberGuy shows you how to scan using your iPhone. We recently received this email from a CyberGuy reader asking an important question about QR codes: ...

QR codes are those square barcode-looking things that when scanned by your iPhone 16 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra or any other phone, can send you straight to a particular webpage or to download an app ...

In July, a code leak from the second iOS 14 beta indicated Apple Pay had a new feature on the way for "Code Payment," which would enable Apple Pay transactions to take place via QR codes.

When Apple releases iOS 17 in the fall, anyone who tends to use their iPhone's camera to scan QR codes can expect to find the process a little easier, ...

How to scan QR codes on an Android device. Open your Android camera app. Some third-party camera apps have built-in QR scanners, but not all, so you might as well use the native app. Point the ...