As we know how important is QR codes are now these days. But to use those we need some apps to read it properly. Google’s latest Pixel lineup as well as the earliest has a QR scanner built-in, but according to a recent report, Google’s phones have been misreading some codes.
European site Heise reported last week that Google Pixel phones misread some QR codes through both the built-in Camera app as well as Google Lens.
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The issue appears to have happened in one of three ways, with some codes having “false dots” in the URL, removing a character from the end of a URL, or moving a digit in the “www” section of a URL to its own section.
Most of these issues appear to have been edge cases, though, with the issue converting links such as “https://www.fooco.at/hello” to “https://www.foo.co.at/hello” or “https://foonet.uk/verysecure” to “https://foo.net.uk/verysecure.” Some domain extensions such as “.cat” or “.int” would also be converted to “.ca” or “.in.”
9to5google reported that the tech giant Google has already issued a fix for these problems. The company put out a server-side fix for Lens, which fixed issues with domains. A Google Camera update was also released to the Play Store over the weekend to patch up the same problem.
