Why can’t I use the camera to scan?

robinbudry
robinbudry Posts: 4 Member
in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
Wants me to try premium for a trial. I don’t want to.

Answers

  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,365 Member
    Barcode scanning has been a premium feature for well over a year now. If you don’t have premium, your camera won’t scan barcodes.
  • TonyNeedstolooseweight
    TonyNeedstolooseweight Posts: 50 Member
    This is weird because i used the scanner recently and i don't have premium.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,888 Member
    TonyNeedstolooseweight wrote: »
    This is weird because i used the scanner recently and i don't have premium.

    It depends on the country as well, I think.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    robinbudry wrote: »
    Wants me to try premium for a trial. I don’t want to.

    My understanding is that scanning only gives you one likely user-entered option, and as these tend to be error prone, you are better off typing it in so you can find a good option.
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    It's behind a paywall for the United States. As has been already mentioned, scanning barcodes brings up a single, almost always user entered entry and is frequently riddled with errors. Not worth the "time saved" by scanning because you still need to verify the accuracy of the entry it choses.

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