Your smartphone is full of surprises. There’s an app if you want to use your phone as a magnifying glass or scanner. Tap or click here for hidden apps on your smartphone and how to find them.

How iPhone turns the Camera app into a code reader On iPhone, the built in Camera app is the primary gateway to this hidden scanner. When you open Camera on your iPhone and point it at a QR code, the ...

The QR code system was originally invented back in the year 1994, pre-dating the smartphone by a decade and a half. The QR code (Quick Response code) that was once mainly aimed at identifying products ...

Here’s one more app you can delete from your iPhone: that QR code and barcode scanner you only occasionally use. With an update rolling out today, Google’s Chrome mobile browser can do the job instead ...

The dedicated Code Scanner app is ready when you need it. We want to help you master Control Center, one of the most powerful and underutilized features on Apple devices. Cult of Mac’s Control Center ...