The famous QR codes are living a second youth. In the 2020 that we have had to live, the recommendations of the minimum contact make QR codes the solution for many restaurants, and other businesses that have had to suppress the information they previously shared on paper. Some users will have to download a third-party app to be able to read QR, but others, such as Motorola users, it is something that they have integrated as standard.
A QR code is nothing more than coded information, which when scanned by our mobile, can send us a web link, a photo, or any type of data that has been previously configured. As we said, many mobiles have to download a third-party app to be able to scan QR, but Motorola terminals have this option natively, so we will avoid the need to download a third-party app, which is usually plagued by advertising.
Native QR scan
This is because Motorola offers a practically clean layer, in addition to having in its catalog some devices that are part of the Android One program: This means that we can have elements such as Google Lens as standard, which activate many of the AI functions developed by Google.
Activate from the camera app
To be able to proceed to scan a QR code with our Motorola , we will have to open the camera application. Later, we will have to click on the small icon of “Google Lens”, since it will not work if we point with the normal viewfinder to take photos. Once in the scan option, the mobile will automatically detect the content of the code.
Available options
Then we will have several options, represented by different icon links. The first and represented with the link icon , will take us to the web page that contains the QR code . We have an example on the restaurant web pages, which lead us directly to the menu section. You can also go directly to a download link, to directly download the files in PDF or another format.
We also have an icon in the form of a “magnifying glass” that will allow us to search the content of the link on the Internet. On many occasions, it can be useful to answer questions about a website before entering, or to make sure that the QR will take us where it promises. Finally we have the “copy” icon, which allows you to copy the information to the clipboard to paste it into an email, message or elsewhere.