7 Built-in Document and QR Scanners

Wouldn’t it be great if you could scan documents or QR codes with your iPhone right out of the box? Now you can! In iOS 11 Apple added a QR scanner to the native camera app and a document scanner to the notes app.

To scan a QR code, open the camera app and point the camera at the QR code you want to scan. That’s it! Once the code is recognized a tappable rich link will appear at the top of the screen, similar to a notification. In addition to a QR scanner, the camera app also shows a level when pointed downward with the grid enabled. Handy for those Instagram food shots.

If you want to scan a document, open the notes app, choose an existing note or create a new one, press the “+” button, and choose “Scan Documents” to start scanning and adding documents to your note.