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You’ve probably seen QR codes—those black and white boxes with small squares arranged in seemingly random patterns. It’s not unusual to see a QR code pop up somewhere in your daily life anymore. What’s the story behind them?

Early smartphones were pretty basic. They relied on apps to do a lot of the more powerful and interesting things. For example, scanning QR codes—you needed to download an app to do it. That’s not the case anymore.