How to Share & Add Contacts via QR Code on Samsung Phones

Now, you can easily share and add contacts on your Samsung Galaxy smartphones via QR code. If you have updated your Galaxy phone to Android 10 based One UI 2.1. Previously, Samsung added the “Trash” feature for Samsung Contacts. So, in this guide, you will learn how to share and add contacts via QR code on Samsung Galaxy devices.

Using QR codes for saving numbers and contacts saves people the trouble of sending phone numbers and makes the process of adding people much simpler. All you need to do is just need to send your QR code or scan another person’s code to add it instantly.

What is QR Code?

QR is short for Quick Response (they can be quickly read on a cell phone). They’re used to taking a piece of information from a transitory medium and put it on your cell phone. The other key advantage of QR codes is that many modern mobile phones can scan them, instead of having a chunky handheld scanner to scan them.

Samsung Contacts 

You can attach and manage new contacts easily and quickly using Samsung Contacts, and search for contacts for people and companies. Here are some of the features of the Samsung Contacts app.

Samsung Contacts Features:

• Manage contacts (add, edit, view, and remove)
• Communicate (Voice call, Video call, SMS, Instant Messaging)
• Block incoming spam phone calls and SMSs
• Make a call on T9 dialer
• Search people and phone numbers on T9 Dialer
• Make and share my profile
• Update my status message
• Trash feature
• QR Code (Share and Contact via QR code)

How to Share Contacts via QR Code on Samsung Contacts App

It’s easy to share and contacts on your Samsung Galaxy devices like S24, S23, S22, and others running on One UI 6.0 or later.

Step 1. Open the Contacts app.

Step 2. Now, tap on any contact number that you want to share.

Step 3. Tap the More icon at the bottom right-hand corner and select the QR code.

QR code

Step 4. A QR code will be generated. Simply, scan the QR code with another phone

Step 5. You can also share the QR code.

Share & Add Contacts via QR Code on Samsung

Wrapping Up 

That’s it. This is how you can easily share and add contacts via QR code on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. You really don’t need to tell your contact number or someone else’s phone number, all you need to do is create a QR Code and let them scan and add the number.

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