Now the QR code is a great tool that is used everywhere, at a bus stop, in a restaurant to see the menu, in a brochure to see the information, or even on your tickets to enter a concert and win new prizes. They basically became part of our daily lives, but it turns out that since the Android 12 something happened with these codes that do not work correctly.
This basically happens because with the arrival of the new Android 12 comes an error in the camera that had not previously occurred, so it was not known where it came from.
For this opportunity there was a person in charge to find out what was causing this problem, the name of this person in charge is Adrian Dabrowski, who uncovered this great problem that still affects many users today. If your phone already has the latest version of Android 12 and you use the camera to have Google smartly read QR codes then there's a good chance you've had this issue, where it doesn't even tell you where the link is going, much less load.
Could it be that the Google Camera is changing the codes?
We could think that it is because there are times when we do not have good light, or simply because we are not placing the code correctly in front of our camera to scan it correctly, and when this happens, the mobile tries to read the unit’s QR code correctly, but this time I didn't even try to read it, absolutely nothing happened, it is as if the function did not exist outright QR code reader inside the cell phone.
As I told you before, I did not know what could be causing this, the points were not being read correctly or what was happening. And there were also users who, if I tried to read the code, but in the wrong way because I was trying to take them to other links, making mistakes along the way, many users thought that this was the work of some hacker who was getting into their cell phones , but no, it was an error directly from the manufacturer.
The person in charge of discovering what was happening, realized that many times repeatedly, the QR code reader changed the links, although it identified them correctly in the same way, it may have been a programming error that should not have happened.
Many times the cell phone camera application decided by itself to add points and dashes where it should not be placed, and this basically causes another website to appear to which we were not directing.
And not only this, it was also adding changes to the end and beginning of each link, so it flat-out made the links not work so the pages couldn't open. Look, here are some examples that could be happening so you can understand better:
- com
- Google com
- google.co
It was thought at that time that what was happening was that the error came from Google's intention to save space on our screens and in this way it was making the links incomplete, so when we see it on our phone It made the website look like it was well written, but when I tried to load the page, it went somewhere else or just didn't work. This was a chaotic situation for many people since this situation could even affect the work of many or it could also make them spend more time in their daily life, basically they were breaking their heads thinking that the failure came from a bad connection to internet when obviously your connection was perfect on the cell phone.
How to prevent this from happening to you?
It's a quick answer since the solution is quite simple, since the camera was the one that was causing problems when it came to read QR codes then you simply don't have to use the camera with code reader.
We can choose from many other options that come directly from the app store or there are also manufacturers that come with an application to read QR codes with Xiaomi that comes with Scanner, a different application to the camera that is for that, for read QR codes.
It is quite a curious fact because this is a Google error that only happens in this Android 12 update since this error does not occur in any of the other versions and I assure you that it will not happen in later versions either. Obviously it will not happen in future because Google is already fully aware of this error and has already done what is necessary to solve this problem.
What Are The Easiest Ways To Read QR Codes With Android?
There are many ways to read QR codes so the previous problem in this article can be solved very easily, in fact, you can even do it without having to install new applications since this is an Android 12 problem that comes with the camera.
The most common thing to start with is to choose to download a new application, but really It is not necessary because by default your cell phone reads QR codes, in fact, this has been evolving over time because before existing or becoming so popular QR codes it could not be read without an application, now it comes by default with the new smartphones.
And if you don't want to read it with the camera, you can use the Google Lens to read these codes.
In addition, many times if you want to download a QR code reader In the Google application store, this can be a total risk because these applications already come with certain problems, such as advertising all over your cell phone without your permission or consent.
How to Read QR Codes With Google Lens?
That is, If you didn't know Google Lens also reads QR codes, in fact, it can read any content of the QR codes (and of course, this will only work if you have one) and it can do it whether you are going to read a code with the camera or from your gallery.
One of the functions that are the key to achieving this is the Google Assistant or Google Assistant. This is a software that by default provides a good number of tools and among these tools is the one that we are looking for, which is Google Lens.
Google Lens is such a powerful automatic recognition system that it will allow us to identify almost any type of thing, be it animals, buildings, translate languages in real time and of course also read QR codes.
So I would say the best option for reading QR codes without the need to download any application is to use Google Lens, basically having Google services installed on your cell phone, which are already installed by default, except for recent Huawei phones that we all know have a problem with Android.
What are the steps?
- Say out loud "Ok Google" or press and hold the Home button or simply use Google Assistant to call the Google Assistant on your phone.
- Now tap on the Google Lens icon which is usually in the bottom center, it's a little box with a dot inside it, it usually appears to the left of the microphone.
- It will ask you to accept the terms of Google Lens if you have not previously done so.
- Now with the cell phone camera you are going to point to the QR code, once you have it centered, press the screen so that Google Lens takes the photo.
- After that, Google Lens will tell you what this QR code means and if it has some hidden action such as adding a contact, connecting to a WIFI network or simply opening a web, then it will give you the possibility of executing it by clicking on a lower box that will appear.
- Not only that, but also if you have any image stored on the cell phone with a QR code you can also do it. To do it simply within Google Lens you must press the image icon that appears in the upper right corner and the image gallery will load there, Google Lens will ask you to choose one of your images, you simply choose the one that has the code QR and again what happened in step 4 and 5 will happen.
And this is how We can continue reading QR codes even if we have Android 12 on our cell phone and there are reading failures with the camera, remember that we must always find the solution to all our problems.