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Its been so nice since iOS has had a QR code reader natively in the camera for a few years

Mobile devices having this natively was a dream back in the beginning of the decade

Android OS doesnt have this natively so the devices dont reliably have that still

Reason 25 to just stay away since there a fundamental limitations to android getting better that have nothing to do with overpowered hardware and customization

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Native QR code reader integrated into the camera was just added to my Galaxy S8+ with the July update.

could you please share screen record on implementation ?

I am kinda pissed that after all this time, Android doesn't natively support that and instead still rely on third-party apps. IMO it should be mandatory that all camera apps that comes with a device on Android be able to read all sorts of QR codes.

How is this 2019 and Android doesn’t natively scab QR codes?

I believe you can use the Google Goggles app to read QR codes, but I no longer have an Android phone to try it out. It’s not a default app for whatever reason.

Could be a variety of factors ranging from apathy to intellectual property, very unlikely to be the OEM hardware or software variances, but it also could be

At this point just bet on winners

Last I checked, the Pixel phones did this with the Camera app, but the One Plus did not.

Why can't Google add this to the "Android certification" to force everyone to read QR codes on the default Camera application

To make the usual Google joke, because nobody thinks they can get a promotion out of improving QR support?

yup, android is delaying QR mass adoption with its fragmentation. Google Lens / Assistant / Google ?

iOS implementation is on the contrast pure joy to use.

- founder of web platform

So funny that it used to be the other way around, with nfc and a few other features

After iPhone 6 Apple took all the features that worked on android, adding them to iOS and got a lot of converts who never looked back

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