Re: Recognising (or not) QR codes

VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

[...]

  I think for the majority of people, the built-in Camera app of their
phone will do everything they need and will be safe, because QR scanning
is a basic functionality since many years.
 
[...]

 
Not in my camera app ... of many years.  I don't have Android 11, and
whatever phone and model the OP has.  Mine is an old Android 8.0.0
phone, and, nope, no QR code scanning it the embedded camera app.  And
why I mentioned getting a QR scanning app.  Android 8.0 was released
back in 2017.

  Yes, I know you've an 'old' phone. Note that I said "for the majority
of people". The majority of people will have new(er) phones.

The OP's camera app also doesn't, according to his description, include
QR scanning, and he's on Android 11 which was released in 2020.  Doesn't
seem to be the pervasive feature you think it is.

  Yes, Carlos and I already addressed that. Sad that Android 11 is
'old', but it is. Even my Android 13 phone is 'old'.

Neither the OP or I have a Samsung phone.  What you experience with
Samsung is not incumbent on every other phone brand and model.

  Carlos mentioned that his Moto phone (phones?) also has QR scanning
capability and so have several others for their phones.

  Bottom line: No QR scanning capability is the odd one out, not the
common situation.