- Android’s “Cross-Device Services” is expected to introduce a connection feature via QR code scanning in the future.
- An analysis of the app files from the Android “Google Play services” app version v26.36 update has confirmed the addition of resource code related to “Cross-Device Services” connections using QR codes.
- A mechanism to connect devices together by scanning a QR code.
Android features a setting called “Cross-Device Services,” which allows users to share functionalities between Android devices and Chromebooks logged into the same Google account.
This “Cross-Device Services” setting in Android acts as a wireless integration feature that automatically links devices into a “device group” associated with your Google account when turned on. However, it appears that a connection feature via QR code scanning will also be rolled out in the future.
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An analysis of the app files from the Android “Google Play services” app version v26.36.33 update, released around Tuesday, September 22, 2026, confirmed that resource code related to QR code-based connections has been added. Additionally, resource code for processing incoming URLs from the “qr.google” domain has also been added.
These are believed to be part of a mechanism to connect devices together by scanning a QR code. However, the QR code connection feature has not yet been rolled out.
<string name="device_picker_use_qr_code_section_title">Use QR code</string><activity
android:theme="@style/InvisibleNoTitle"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.dtdi.isolated.OutOfBandProcessorActivity"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true"
android:process="@string/common_ui_process"
android:excludeFromRecents="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<data android:scheme="https"/>
<data android:host="qr.google"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>Furthermore, the app files for the Android “Google Play services” app version v26.36.33 update also include a link to open the “Cross-Device Services” settings screen directly via a URL (g.co/android/cross-device). While it is not yet clear how these elements will specifically work together, there is no doubt that “Cross-Device Services”-related features across Android, Chromebooks, and even Googlebooks will continue to evolve.
<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
<data
android:scheme="https"
android:host="g.co"
android:path="/android/cross-device"/>
</intent-filter>“Google Play services” App Link
