Your Android phone may soon read QR codes from across the room

three phone screenshots, showing camera looking at a distant QR code, then one with the QR code zoomed into, and then the interpreted information from the scan. Google’s sample of the code scanner API auto-zoom. | Image: Google

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, and reads it. The feature isn’t quite making its way to devices just yet — but it’s in the latest APIs Google is making available to developers.

Specifically, it's Google’s code scanner API that’s been updated with the new abili...

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