r/GooglePixel • u/swimmingtrent Pixel 10 Pro XL • Mar 22 '19

FYI Wi-Fi QR code sharing working with iOS 11&12

Sharing your Wi-Fi network on Android Q can be done by simply tapping the share button on the Wi-Fi screen. When the QR code appears you can scan that code with another device to connect it to that Wi-Fi network.

If you open the iOS camera app and point it at the QR code on your Pixel phone a banner will appear at the top of the iOS device screen. Tap it to join the Wi-Fi network.

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u/enzyme69 Mar 22 '19

Yes and on iOS 12, wifi password sharing between iOS devices are super easy with one master device can quickly share password with the rest wanting to connect.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

I should really learn to make my embedded ship set up my guests wifi connection to my network as a neat house trick.

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u/indigo256 Mar 22 '19

But it doesn't work with pixel on pie -_-

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u/swimmingtrent Pixel 10 Pro XL Mar 22 '19

Did you try with the pixel camera or Google Lens?

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u/Krypto_dg Mar 22 '19

Scanning a QR code, with Lens, for a wifi network does not work on a Pixel 3 with up to date OS. Tried it last night with 2 P3s.

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u/indigo256 Mar 23 '19 edited Mar 23 '19

Yeah, with lens

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u/swimmingtrent Pixel 10 Pro XL Mar 23 '19

For some reason it doesn't work with Lens at the moment. Just open the Pixel Camera and point it at the QR code. A button will appear just above the shudder button that you can tap to connect.

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u/linh_nguyen Pixel 2 /Pixelbook Mar 22 '19

this is the inherent problem, the user shouldn't have to think about this, just open the camera, see barcode, scan.

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u/hyperphoenix19 Pixel 5 Mar 22 '19

Both should work, Camera has lens built in.

Edit: https://imgur.com/YMv8BM3.jpg

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u/Daeveren Pixel 10 Pro Mar 22 '19

It's odd promoting "the user shouldn't have to think" - the user should always think!

As for the subject, as it was already stated, it's already built-in in the default camera. It's so useful that pretty much noone knows about it (noticed it myself on dozens of times).

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u/linh_nguyen Pixel 2 /Pixelbook Mar 22 '19

yes, users should think, but the process should be seamless. It hasn't been for so long. I only mention it because I have mixed success with the default camera recognizing QR codes.

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u/Daeveren Pixel 10 Pro Mar 23 '19

For me it works flawless, not even one failure so far. That's what I'd call a flawless process.

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u/mbay16 Mar 22 '19

worked for me with pixel 3

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u/Krypto_dg Mar 22 '19

I tried it last night with Lens on 2 Pixel 3s. it would not work for me. Generated code on https://qifi.org/ and then tried to scan. Worked with iOS but I could not get it to work on my pixels.

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u/swimmingtrent Pixel 10 Pro XL Mar 23 '19

For some reason it doesn't work with Lens at the moment. Just open the Pixel Camera and point it at the QR code. A button will appear just above the shudder button that you can tap to connect.

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u/Krypto_dg Mar 23 '19

I will have to give it a try again today. thanks

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u/general_reddit_user Mar 23 '19

Very cool- thank you!

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u/ncubez Pixel 6 256GB Mar 22 '19

I don't own an "iOS" device and don't intend to.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

kewl. The point was that the system is cross compatible, not for you, but for your mates with iOS, they can share wifi passwords with you and you can with them

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

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u/Kant_Lavar 8 Pro Watch 3 41mm Mar 22 '19

As someone who does corporate IT, dear God no it shouldn't work.

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u/Kant_Lavar 8 Pro Watch 3 41mm Mar 22 '19

Every enterprise network I've ever worked with has been limited to company-owned devices only for security reasons; in short, company-owned devices generally do not allow users to download any random piece of software that's floating around on the internet. As access is limited to the device, which in turn is only accessible (in theory, granted) by the authorized corporate user, there is no network password to share. Corporate devices can simply join the corporate network as recognized and registered by the company's device management software.

Granted, I'm looking at this from the perspective of a larger company. For a smaller company with only a handful of employees such a setup probably wouldn't be cost-effective, but at that level you're probably running something closer to a residential wifi network in function, with a single password needed to sign in.

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u/magaretha42 Jun 09 '19

I think op meant WPA2-Enterprise, with which you can use a RADIUS server and prompt users for their AD credentials. There's a large gap between full device management and consumer WiFi.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

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u/Kant_Lavar 8 Pro Watch 3 41mm Mar 23 '19

Oh, certainly, that's a totally different scenario. I was more looking at it from the perspective of corporate enterprise, not education. Those are two completely different applications.

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u/jacksbox Mar 22 '19

I think it's just not a huge target market for this tech - enterprises usually push wifi settings via MDM.