Apple has added QR code-reading to its cameras in an attempt to woo users in China, where the American technology giant has been losing ground to local rivals. Though they’ve enjoyed limited popularity in the west, the two-dimensional barcodes have become an everyday essential for China’s more than 700 million mobile internet users. And it seems that Apple now wants a slice of the action. The new QR code support was the main feature aimed at the Chinese market unveiled by the California-headquartered company when it gave a preview of its iOS 11 operating system at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Tuesday. It will be available when iOS 11 is officially launched in the autumn and is expected to bring added convenience for mainland users as it will allow them to scan QR codes via their iPhone cameras without having to open individual apps anymore, Apple said in the presentation.
Submitted June 07, 2017 at 11:42AM by MartEden http://ift.tt/2r20TOW
