How To Scan A QR Code On Android With The Camera App If your phone runs on Android 9 or later, scanning a QR code is quite literally as simple as opening your phone’s camera app. Thanks to software launched in 2018, you don’t even need a specific app to scan QR codes. Open the camera app. Point your camera at the QR code for a few seconds. You don’t need to take a photo, just hover over the code until your Android phone recognises the code. Tap the link that appears on your screen. This will load the contents of the QR code.