The dedicated QR code scanner is a handy way to quickly open a QR code, largely because it has a built-in button to help scan the code, unlike the Camera app. As such, it's often more useful if ...

Although the Windows Camera app makes it simple to scan QR codes, it has some limitations. The biggest hurdle is that it ...

But there’s more to it: the app also features a built-in QR code scanner to help you scan QR codes on the PC. Here’s how to use the Camera app to scan a QR code in Windows 10 or Windows 11 ...

A phone camera or other scanning device can read the information in a QR code, with the help of the three finder patterns at the corners: They tell the scanner where the QR code is, how big it is ...

Scan a QR code with your webcam Sometimes you have a QR code on a sheet of paper but your phone isn’t handy. Your laptop has a camera, though, and you can use it instead.