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Can we scan barcodes using a phone/mobile device?

Can we scan barcodes using a phone/mobile device?

It would be very helpful, if you could scan your barcodes with you qreader, on your phone, when doing purchases with register app. 

Is this at all in the works. 

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Tom
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Re: can we scan barcodes

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for circling back, @rrowe1975! We don't currently offer the ability to scan items using your phone itself but that would be a great way to streamline the checkout process. I'll be sure to share your suggestion with our Product Liaison team.

 

In the meantime, hopefully one of our currently supported hardware options will be useful. Thank you for your patience and keep in touch for updates!

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Admin

Thanks for helping out with this one, @Ron! 🎯

 

@rrowe1975, you can also find additional information on supported hardware for Android devices and iOS devices in our Support Center.

Thanks, for yor feedback. I am actually asking if while using the mobile app, not Square Stand, if they will add the ability to scan your barcodes from your phone, while using the app, and have it populate to a ticket. Instead of a manual search through your inventory, or manual entry of price.

when you are adding items to a ticket, have to ability to push a "scan button", a q reader opens up, scan your bar code and it populates in the ticket. Makes you to be able to ring customers out whether there are at the actual Square Stand, and aids in productivity. It is time comsuming looking up each item from inventory when you have a busy. Often, we punch the price and complete sale, to move ppl along, and then go back update our inventory. This feature would be AWESOME.

Admin

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for circling back, @rrowe1975! We don't currently offer the ability to scan items using your phone itself but that would be a great way to streamline the checkout process. I'll be sure to share your suggestion with our Product Liaison team.

 

In the meantime, hopefully one of our currently supported hardware options will be useful. Thank you for your patience and keep in touch for updates!

Beta Member

Wouldn't it be great if you can use your camera as a barcode scanner in Square? I think this is a feature they need to add and allows me to not have to carry a Bluetooth scanner. 

Square

@Redlight2015 - It sure would! I've heard this suggestion from a number of other sellers in the past too. I'll be sure to pass along the suggestion to our product liaison team. I'll also update this thread if anything changes in the future. 👍🏻

Yes!  I would love that feature also. I know that Vaccaro allows me to manage all of my inventory using the camera from my iPhone or my iPad. 

Isis this the only compatible bluetooth scanner? Doing research to add a second scanner for our inventory person.

Square

Yep, that's correct, @AJC3708. It is currently the only supported Bluetooth scanner.