Google’s latest Code Scanner API in GMS can auto-zoom and read QR codes from a distance using machine learning. It lets developers embed the feature into apps.

Customers can hold their phone to the QR code scanner at a reasonable distance and to quickly complete transactions — there’s no need to touch a POS terminal.

Android users may soon find it easier to scan QR codes from a distance, thanks to a cutting-edge feature Google is developing. The tech giant is refining a code scanner that intuitively recognizes ...