How to scan a QR code on Instagram Step 1: Open the Instagram app. Step 2: Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile. Step 3: Tap the three horizontal lines present at the ...

WhatsApp also has a similar QR code functionality that has been introduced recently. The QR code option will allow you easily add other people on WhatsApp without the need to save their numbers first.

Universal QR code scanning will be useful particularly for businesses that can print the QR code and have customers scan it to open their Instagram account easily to purchase items.

Instagram's shareable QR codes are a quick link that any camera app can scan to find your profile.

To scan a QR code or Nametag, simply go to your phone’s camera app and point it at the QR code; or for a more integrated experience, open Instagram’s Story camera and point it at the figure.

The idea is that businesses can print their QR code and have customers scan it to open their Instagram account easily. From there, people can see store hours, buy items, or just follow the account.

Instagram has introduced a new QR Code feature that will allow the user to follow someone by scanning the code from their camera app.

Instagram is preparing to launch a feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to ...

Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat users can generate QR codes for others to scan and quickly find accounts, while Spotify offers the same for music tracks.