Google is giving Android’s QR code scanner a slight UI refresh that should greatly improve usability. The redesign comes with a slick new animation and moves the flashlight and feedback buttons ...

You might soon not have as much trouble reading far away QR codes on your Android phone. Google is working on a new code scanner that automatically detects a QR code in the camera frame, zooms in ...

Back in Android 13, Google added support for a built-in QR code scanner. It has since updated that with new functionality, such as the ability to automatically detect and zoom in on a QR code.

Now, the built-in QR code scanner will also be able to automatically zoom in on a far-out QR code to get a better view. The functionality was first spotted by some users earlier this week, and we ...

As Mishaal mentions further in his thread, the QR code scanner in Android 13 and above uses one of these APIs, so support for auto-zoom is expected to arrive soon to all Android 13 and above ...

Also, if you’re trying to scan a QR code in a dark environment, your results will vary. Right now, Google is in the process of rolling this out, so you should expect to wait a bit.

Keep the scanner app in a location you'll remember as you'll need to use it whenever you want to scan a QR code. Give it a try: Scan this QR code with your phone's camera.© Andrew Hoyle/CNET ...