As phones, planners, cameras and miniature computers, cell phones provide many convenient functions for businesses. One of the newest features allows you to look up information based on barcodes.

You can scan a barcode with your iPhone by using a third-party app. Currently, there are no built-in apps that can read barcodes. Your iPhone can automatically scan QR codes using the built-in camera ...

First there was RedLaser, an app that turns your iPhone into a barcode scanner. Now just about every smartphone can do it, but what about those approximately 70 percent of U.S.-based feature phone ...

Google updated APIs responsible for the barcode and QR code scanning to allow them to auto-zoom when a possible barcode or QR code is detected. This feature could soon roll out to Android 13 and above ...