A major brand requested they add the symbology and paid them five grand to upload the code. End of story. Google had nothing to do with it - and continues to have nothing to do with BIJ.
What is mildly interesting: I just received app updates for ShopSavvy, ScanMee, ScanLife, RedLaser, and Tag Reader - all at the same time. NeoReader will hopefully be in Q1 or early Q2.
Previously I have written about why we didn’t support QR codes. Recently Google announced their Google Favorite Places program whereby Google mailed QR code window stickers to something like 190,000 local retailers. These QR codes are tied to Google local search feature and allows the retailer to include coupons and special offers to users who scan the codes. In light of this new feature and its connection to retail shopping we decided it was time to support QR code scanning. ShopSavvy will now scan all 1D and 2D barcodes. Try scanning the code to the right (it is my contact info) and feel free to let me know how you like the new changes in ShopSavvy for Android. Oh and have a Happy New Year!
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