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WhatsApp QR Code
The camera app can scan this. The Zebra app can scan this.
Your WhatsApp QR code is a normal QR code that holds a wa.me link to your account. Anyone can scan it with WhatsApp or their phone camera to start a chat, and you can reset it to stop old codes working.
Also called WhatsApp contact QR, wa.me QR, WhatsApp Business QR.
In this family
Specifications
| Standard | QR Code (ISO/IEC 18004) with WhatsApp URL payload |
|---|---|
| Character set | URL (https://wa.me/qr/…) |
| Capacity | Short URL |
| Error correction | QR Reed-Solomon |
| Dimension | 2D matrix (standard QR) |
| Origin | WhatsApp (Meta) |
Where it is used
Messaging, customer contact for businesses
People use it for messaging, customer contact for businesses.
The camera app returns the link text. Opening WhatsApp happens in WhatsApp, not in this app.
Example
https://wa.me/qr/XXXXXXXXXXXXX (placeholder)
Scan and create
Create this code opens the barcode generator with this symbology and the sample text filled in.
The camera app can scan this and shows it as QR Code. It returns the raw text. It does not open links, look up products, or start a payment. The desktop companion types that text into the focused field.
The Zebra app can scan this. It returns the raw text.