QR Codes

arciere

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

So instead of opening a specific App you have to open the camera App? It's not that onerous surely? That's only on older versions of Android of course as it's included in Pie as part of the excellent Google Lens.

No, what I'm trying to say is that with iPhones you just open the (already-installed) camera app and it tells you straight away that there is a QR code and it does this and that.

With Android, unless you already have a QR scanner app (which means you know what a QR code is and how it works), pointing your camera to the code doesn't do anything.
So if someone has no idea how a QR code works, and he reads 'simply scan this QR code with your phone!", iPhone users get there pretty easily, while with Android you need to download an app to do the job (which, for many, is not a straightforward process), otherwise you scan the code and your phone does nothing.

Yes, Android Pie now has Google Lens already there, but it's still an additional step that it's not required in iOS, and obviously Pie is a version that still has a very small market share. And again, you need to know that, in order to scan a QR code, you need to open the Google Lens app (many people have probably no idea what Google Lens is or what it does, let alone that you need to open it to scan a QR code).

debitcardmayhem

Well our Moto G4s have scanner built in to the camera -Android 7

RumRat

Not sure why a competition seems to have taken steam....All mobiles are capable of reading QR codes.
It takes as long to open a camera app as it does a dedicated app. I presently have 3 ways to read QR Codes including directly from within the browser. On the rare occassion I use it the whole process is a breeze...

arciere

RumRat wrote: »

Not sure why a competition seems to have taken steam....All mobiles are capable of reading QR codes.
It takes as long to open a camera app as it does a dedicated app. I presently have 3 ways to read QR Codes including directly from within the browser. On the rare occassion I use it the whole process is a breeze...

If you are referring to the discussion we were having, I use Android and I am happy with it.
But since I use QR codes regularly for work (we advertise various offers using QR codes), I have noticed that iPhones are more 'integrated' with QR codes than Android.

When we ask random people to scan our codes, we notice that iPhone users get that pretty much instantly, while Android users, if they have never seen or used a QR code in their lives, need to be explained how to scan it, what to download, where to go, etc., and it's clear that many can't be bothered and simply give up.
I am not talking about my experience (using the camera app instead of Google Lens makes no difference to me), more as a general thought from what I see.

RumRat

arciere wrote: »

If you are referring to the discussion we were having, I use Android and I am happy with it.
But since I use QR codes regularly for work (we advertise various offers using QR codes), I have noticed that iPhones are more 'integrated' with QR codes than Android.

When we ask random people to scan our codes, we notice that iPhone users get that pretty much instantly, while Android users, if they have never seen or used a QR code in their lives, need to be explained how to scan it, what to download, where to go, etc., and it's clear that many can't be bothered and simply give up.
I am not talking about my experience (using the camera app instead of Google Lens makes no difference to me), more as a general thought from what I see.

Of course the iPhone user who has never seen or used a QR code instantly knows what to do.....Amazing....:D

arciere

RumRat wrote: »

Of course the iPhone user who has never seen or used a QR code instantly knows what to do.....Amazing....:D

"Scan this code with your camera to get the offer!"

Iphone user opens the camera app, points the camera to the code, gets the link.

Android user opens the camera app, points the camera to the code, nothing happens.

debitcardmayhem

arciere wrote: »

"Scan this code with your camera to get the offer!"

Iphone user opens the camera app, points the camera to the code, gets the link.

Android user opens the camera app, points the camera to the code, nothing happens.

Wrong very wrong

arciere

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Wrong very wrong

Ok....is it asking too much to point out which part is wrong very wrong?

debitcardmayhem

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Well our Moto G4s have scanner built in to the camera -Android 7

arciere wrote: »

"Scan this code with your camera to get the offer!"

Iphone user opens the camera app, points the camera to the code, gets the link.

Android user opens the camera app, points the camera to the code, nothing happens.

That clear ?
Mind you you must have a large knowledge of the ones that don't work

DoaM

My phone (Huawei P9 Lite on Android 7) does nothing with a QR code in the camera app - I need to use a scanner app (e.g. Google Lens). So your assertion is false .. the Moto G4 might integrate it into the camera app, but it's not an Android 7 thing, which is exactly what arciere has been saying.