Android Quick Share could be about to double down on QR codes (APK teardown)

Quick Share knows you like QR codes so much, it doesn't even want you to have to specially request them anymore.

Mar 15, 2025 - 12:12
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Android Quick Share could be about to double down on QR codes (APK teardown)
  • Quick Share recently implemented support for sharing via QR code.
  • Right now, you have to tap a button to manually request a QR code before sharing.
  • Google is testing a change to the Quick Share interface that includes the QR code by default.

When you’ve got something on your phone that you want to send to your friend’s phone, there’s probably no easier path forward than by using Quick Share. Over the course of several months last year, we checked out Google’s progress towards adding QR-code-based sharing to Quick Share before finally seeing it go official in December. That was already a great upgrade to get, but now we’re wondering if Google might be about to lean even harder into QR codes for Quick Share as we spot some further development progress.