# An alternative to the built in QR/Barcode Scanner

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/an-alternative-to-the-built-in-qr-barcode-scanner/80973>\
**Category:** Project Showcase\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/an-alternative-to-the-built-in-qr-barcode-scanner/80973 "2025-03-26T11:52:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![kingzy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kingzy/32/15690_2.png) [@kingzy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kingzy)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/an-alternative-to-the-built-in-qr-barcode-scanner/80973/1 "2025-03-26T11:52:29Z")

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Hey Everyone, not sure if anyone has discovered this, but there are Bluetooth QR/Barcode scanners that you can get for about USD40, that can be used as an alternative to the built in scanner (which takes up a whopping 5 updates)

 ![20250326-194545](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/b/fbdcb373843aee1c0b1895dec19669e9b8730b18.jpeg)

Press/Click here for a video: [BT QR Scanner with Android Phone.mp4 - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_UpL731TLpEOlUJrdm022EGmGaKb4_Wb/view?usp=drive_link)

Sorry if the video isn’t great, it’s not easy to record a video alone.