As WhatsApp has always been the most-used platform, one can always find new things and updates that keep coming now and then. This is essential to WhatsApp and helps a great deal in not only fixing bugs but providing convenience to its users also. Such a useful feature is to add contacts using WhatsApp QR codes.
Recently, WhatsApp has updated its web version and expanded its facility of voice and video calling, which till now was available only on mobile devices, to desktops and devices. Moreover, its recent update turned out to be a boon for all the business owners including the introduction of a WhatsApp cart for placing orders and a digital catalogue where one can browse through the products up for sale. This has turned a messaging app into a shopping platform, which is a unique move seeing its other counterparts.
Read: Whatsapp Introduces Voice And Video Call Features On Web: All That You Need To Know.
Now as we move more towards it, there is also a feature where you can add contacts using WhatsApp QR codes. Moving from Facebook, WhatsApp has been the only platform that people use to connect and talk with each other.
Before this update last year, generally people used to add the phone number and the name of the people to add people who have their account on WhatsApp. But now one can also add people with the help of the QR codes. All you need is a tap to add contacts using WhatsApp QR codes.
QR Codes
QR codes, in general, have been quite helpful as they leave no chance of committing errors and direct you to the valid site. Similarly, in WhatsApp, the QR code update saves your time of entering name and numbers manually on the phone and adds the desired contact without any hassle.
These QR codes can be created on any mobile phone and scanned through both Android and iOS devices. In WhatsApp, the QR codes are classified into three types that are:
- QR codes personal
- QR codes for group
- QR codes for web
The personal QR code is for adding a personal/individual’s number; the group QR code lets you add or enter a group chat. These QR codes can be used to add, create and share your contacts. Before we look into how to add contacts using WhatsApp QR codes, let us learn to generate one.
How To Create A WhatsApp QR Code?
As these QR codes for WhatsApp come in handy and save time as you just need a tap and your contact is saved. Therefore, one must learn to generate a WhatsApp code to make the procedure of adding contacts easier. Here are the steps to generate your WhatsApp link:
- Launch WhatsApp on your phone
- Go to settings by tapping the three-dot icon. This will open your WhatsApp profile.
- You will have a QR code placed right next to your account name on WhatsApp. Tap on it.
- You will be redirected to the QR code screen where you will find your QR code.
- With the share option on the right-hand side of the screen, forward your QR code.
Read: WhatsApp Delays New Terms Rollout After Backlash
How To Add Contacts Using WhatsApp QR Codes?
Now that you have learnt how to create your QR code, let us learn how to add contacts using WhatsApp QR codes. Here are some steps to guide you through:
- Launch WhatsApp on your mobile device.
- Go to settings on WhatsApp.
- Click on the QR code option and scan the code you are having.
- After you scan this code, the constant (personal/group/business) will be added to your phone contacts.
You can also add the photo of the QR code from your gallery too if you don’t have the QR code in front of you. Here is how you do it:
- Go to the bottom of the screen of your phone and click on the gallery icon.
- Select the WhatsApp QR code you want to add from your gallery.
- Tap ok and then add to contacts.
You can also add contacts using the WhatsApp QR code within the chat also:
- Open WhatsApp
- Open any individual or group chat
- Tap on the photos or gallery icon at the bottom of your screen
- From your gallery, select the WhatsApp QR code.
- Tap on the add to contacts options that pop up.
Also, read Import WhatsApp Chat History Into Telegram: Here’s How.
Alternative Method
Another method is scanning through the new contact screen:
- Launch WhatsApp and tap on the new chat option on the right.
- Tap on the new contact option
- Click on add via QR code.
- Either scan then and there or scan through the photos in your gallery.
- Then tap on the add to contacts and your new contact is added to your contact list.
These were all the ways to add contacts using the WhatsApp QR code. Hope we resolved your query.
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