Scanning QR Codes Has Never been Easier, Here's How

Qr codes used to be tough to interact with

Up until about 6 years ago, QR codes were a bit tidious to interact with. Even during the early iPhone & App store days, people were required to download a particular application in order to retrieive the information from the QR code; and before smartphone days, you needed a specific piece of hardware that was clunky & expensive in order to interact with QR codes. But now, we see QR codes everywhere, from restaurant menus, TV ads, loyalty sign ups and even inventory management. So what changed?

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Apple releases their own built in QR code reader with iOS 11

In 2017, Apple released the iOS 11 update to all iphone users overnight. iOS 11 brought the ability to use the native camera app on your iPhone to scan QR codes; no third party app or extra hardware needed. So one day to the next, 10s of millions of people could now scan and interact with QR codes!

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How to scan a QR code:

1. Open your camera app
2. Point your camera to the QR code
3. Wait for the yellow prompt
4. tap the yellow prompt
5. Done

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