While prior to the pandemic it seemed like they were on their way out, 75.8 million U.S. smartphone users scanned a QR code last year, up by 15.3% compared to 2020.

So when businesses use Bit.ly, they should be able to add .qr to the end of the link in question, then Bit.ly will automatically generate a QR code pointing to that link.

Bit.ly is best known as the web’s URL shortener, but in December 2021 it made its first-ever acquisition of the German QR code generation company Egoditor. At around the same time, Bit.ly also started ...