Do you want to pay for coffee without tapping a grimy screen? Here’s how to use your iPhone or Android phone to scan QR codes.

Can you scan a QR code from a screenshot or photo? Yep, you can.

You could get a QR code scanner app. There are free and low-cost QR code scanners out there, where you open the app and then, with that, scan the QR code, and if it’s a fake, you’ll be alerted.

QR codes can house a whole lot of data, from the URL of a webpage or service, to where to directly download an app. Here's how to scan them.

Here’s how to scan a QR code using Android, iPhone or QR code scanning apps.