If you’ve had trouble scanning QR codes on your Android, perhaps on a wall across the room, Google’s testing a new feature with developers that could make scanning from a distance easier. If you’ve ...

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There are tons of ways to transfer data from the real world to your phone, and QR codes are one of them. This nearly 30-year-old technology comes in clutch today, and it’s pretty simple to use.

A big-time Google upgrade could put an end to the struggle of scanning a QR code from a long way away. Whether it's across the room on a wall or across the highway on a billboard, a new scanner ...

My first thought was to grab my phone and open the scanner folder. For as long as I could recall, I tolerated the pushy pop-up ads and the never-ending limited-time full license deals. That all ...

Google has tweaked the functionality of Android’s document scanning feature by automatically enabling the enhancement effect. If you’re not satisfied with the result, you can remove it with a simple ...

QR codes are an excellent, if under-appreciated technology nowadays, but part of the difficulty for some has been the hurdles in scanning codes. For years, the functionality wasn’t built-in on ...

Google updated APIs responsible for the barcode and QR code scanning to allow them to auto-zoom when a possible barcode or QR code is detected. This feature could soon roll out to Android 13 and above ...

Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered ...

Google is adding a new built-in tool to Gboard for Android that lets you “Scan Text” using optical character recognition (OCR). About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the ...

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