Now you can go out without a wallet, but you can't go out without a mobile phone. The mobile phone must have at least WeChat or Alipay on it.
With its small size and portability, mobile phones have gradually replaced computers as the most important network access terminal in China in the past ten years.
At the same time, all kinds of websites and softwares on the Internet are members in the computer age, and they all need to register as members. I have to say that if they are all like this on mobile phones, people will be bored to death.
Thanks to Alipay and WeChat, especially the applet and QR code. Changed this bad habit.
especially the QR code, no matter what scene you face, you can just scan it.
At the beginning, the popularity of WeChat and Alipay was also due to the QR code, especially in the convenience of mobile payment. A great contribution was made by the QR code.
QR code is developed from one-dimensional code.
One-dimensional code is the place where the cashier scans the goods with a "gun" when we usually check out things in the supermarket.
Don't underestimate a small QR code. Since the end of 198s, research has been started, and various codes and standards have been developed for QR code symbols. For example, Japan, Germany and the United States have widely used QR codes.
However, the popularity of two-dimensional codes in the United States, Germany and Japan is not high, because they are only used in the identification of industrial equipment, or in special departments such as public security, diplomacy and military affairs, or in departments with more automated processes, such as factory assembly lines.
The research of QR code in China started in 1993, and the research is not bad. Two national standards have been formulated, one is called QR code network matrix code, and the other is called QR code compact matrix code.
The ultimate reason why QR codes are so popular in China lies in mobile payment, or the split between users of Tencent and Ali.
In 214, it was stopped by the central bank to pay by QR code. In 216, the Payment and Clearing Association issued the Code of Barcode Payment Business (draft for comments) to payment institutions, clearly indicating the safety standards, and the QR code officially "bloomed".
At that time, even beggars had QR codes ...
Fortunately, the Japanese who invented the QR code didn't charge royalties, otherwise, one billion users of WeChat used it once a day. Wow, that would explode. Some Japanese media have mentioned this matter before, but now it is gone.
AliPay and WeChat Biotechnology?
but recently, wechat and AliPay have made new moves, and even have plans to give up QR codes and mobile phones.
First of all, Alipay, as Ma Yun said long ago, in the future, users only need face recognition to make payments. Ma Yun has invested a lot of money in this piece. Now Alipay's latest mobile payment device is "Dragonfly II", which is said to have a recognition rate of over 99%.
Tencent immediately touched Ali and crossed the river. Recently, it suddenly announced the development of a whole set of plans to use biometric technology in the subway except for credit payment.
so, in the future, wechat. Alipay is not only suitable for public transportation, shopping and other scenes, but also we don't need to brush our mobile phones or even carry cash, so we can take a trip immediately.
all this happened so quickly that it was unpredictable. I didn't expect the QR code to say goodbye so soon.
Although the QR code will fade out of our sight due to the change of payment method in the near future, it will still play a role in industrial processes or other things.
At the same time, when this biometric technology of Alipay and WeChat is fully popularized, there should be many problems. For example, if your wife does not say a word, she will bring it over with her mobile phone and press your head to complete the payment, and then she will ask if you are miserable.
Another thing is that biometric technology should be completed on the basis of credit payment. Without credit, it is still difficult to move.