Your smartphone is full of surprises. There's an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

Your smartphone is full of surprises. There’s an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

With contactless interactions more common than ever, there is more of a need to read a QR code than ever. Here's how to read QR codes using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. A QR code is a type of two ...

iOS 17 includes a small but much-needed change to the process of scanning QR codes via the Camera app. With this year’s update, the button that pops up when you scan a QR code now appears at the ...

QR codes, which are those small black and white squares you see on so many products, items and advertisements, give you more information about the item the code appears on. If you're checking out a ...

The dedicated Code Scanner app is ready when you need it. We want to help you master Control Center, one of the most powerful and underutilized features on Apple devices. Cult of Mac’s Control Center ...

There are several reasons why your Pixel 8’s QR code scanner might stop working suddenly. It could be a temporary glitch with the Camera app, an issue with lighting conditions, or even a dirty camera ...

Ever since iOS 11, your iPhone and iPad have been able to detect a QR code in the camera frame, and pop up a banner at the top of the screen to open the link embedded within it. This is a great way to ...

You can scan a Snapchat code for your own profile or a friend's using the app's camera screen or your mobile device's camera roll. Before you scan a Snapcode, you will need to go to a profile and view ...