LinkedIn is adding a couple of new features to its iOS app that should make it easier for users to expand their professional networks on the service.

linkedin qr codes
For the first time, QR codes can now be used to connect with other user profiles. This can be done by either tapping the QR code icon in the Home tab search bar to launch the QR scanner, or uploading a photo of a code taken with your device's camera. As you'd expect, LinkedIn profile codes can also be shared easily over email or messaging platforms as well as displayed on websites and relevant merchandise.

In addition, the LinkedIn app will soon boast a translation feature powered by Microsoft Text Analytics (the same API that provides translations for Skype, Office, and Twitter). The feature, which supports over 60 languages, is accessed via a "See Translation" button that will appears in relevant LinkedIn feed posts, as well as on users' profile and recent activity screens.

As of writing, the translation feature is only available on the desktop and mobile web versions of LinkedIn, but the company says it will be accessible in its mobile apps in the coming weeks.

LinkedIn is a free download for iPhone available on the App Store. [Direct Link]

Top Rated Comments

OldSchoolMacGuy Avatar
89 months ago
Another QR code reader that'll never be used.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
92638154 Avatar
89 months ago
LinkedIn has some serious usability flaws. The sharing of user profile links is a critical use case. I hope they know this, they are certainly not proving they know this. Using QR technology proves their lack of understanding of the problem AND poor solution.

1) people cant find their own profile link on the desktop site, much less share it. It is well hidden.
2) people can absolutely not find their profile link in the mobile app. It is so well hidden, and so absolutely critical in the mobile context, LinkedIn should re-evaluate the employment status of all senion UX and Engineering executives on mobile. They have literally made it inpossible to share in a mobile context, which is ABSOLUTELY limiting growth and value.
3) maybe add QR to link, but link HAS to be trivial to share. Come on!!!!!

I have interviewed several recent university business graduates and asked them to share their LinkedIn profile with me, by sending me a link. Half of them respond they don’t know how to or didn’t know it was possible. That was 50% of university business grads in 2018. Theres a data point for your big data data scientists. Sample size = 10.

With all the kings horses and all the kings men... you don’t have your most basic and valuable use case nailed??? Sharing!!!!

CEO sleeping at the wheel. Shareholders, wake up, get these guys in gear, send a signal, start firing poor decision makers and poor decision executors.

Can you imagine if facebook made it as hard to “friend” as LinkedIn makes it to “share”?

Now the other way around! What if in LinkedIn it was as easy to share a profile as it is to “friend” in FaceBook????

Boom.
(face slap)
Gauntlet dropped.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Popular Stories

AirPods Pro 3 Mock Feature

AirPods Pro 3 Just Months Away – Here's What We Know

Friday April 18, 2025 5:16 am PDT by
Despite being more than two years old, Apple's AirPods Pro 2 still dominate the premium wireless‑earbud space, thanks to a potent mix of top‑tier audio, class‑leading noise cancellation, and Apple's habit of delivering major new features through software updates. With AirPods Pro 3 widely expected to arrive in 2025, prospective buyers now face a familiar dilemma: snap up the proven...
iphone 17 air dummy unbox therapy

iPhone 17 Air's Extreme Thinness Demoed in New Video

Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:22 am PDT by
Apple plans to release an all-new super thin iPhone this year, debuting it alongside the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. We've seen pictures of dummy models, cases, and renders with the design, but Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy today showed off newer dummy models that give us a better idea of just how thin the "iPhone 17 Air" will be. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be ...
ipad air windows 11 arm

M2 iPad Air Runs Windows 11 ARM via Emulation, Thanks to EU Rules

Tuesday April 22, 2025 5:01 am PDT by
A developer has demonstrated Windows 11 ARM running on an M2 iPad Air using emulation, which has become much easier since the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations came into effect. As spotted by Windows Latest, NTDev shared an instance of the emulation on social media and posted a video on YouTube (embedded below) demonstrating it in action. The achievement relies on new EU regulatory...
iphone 16 pro models 1

17 Reasons to Wait for the iPhone 17

Thursday April 17, 2025 4:12 am PDT by
Apple's iPhone development roadmap runs several years into the future and the company is continually working with suppliers on several successive iPhone models simultaneously, which is why we often get rumored features months ahead of launch. The iPhone 17 series is no different, and we already have a good idea of what to expect from Apple's 2025 smartphone lineup. If you skipped the iPhone...
iOS 18

iOS 18.5 Includes Only a Few Changes So Far

Monday April 21, 2025 11:00 am PDT by
Apple seeded the third beta of iOS 18.5 to developers today, and so far the software update includes only a few minor changes. The changes are in the Mail and Settings apps. In the Mail app, you can now easily turn off contact photos directly within the app, by tapping on the circle with three dots in the top-right corner. In the Settings app, AppleCare+ coverage information is more...
iphone 17 pro majin bu sky blue

iPhone 17 Pro Allegedly Coming in Sky Blue Color Used for MacBook Air

Tuesday April 22, 2025 4:08 am PDT by
Apple will unveil the iPhone 17 Pro in a new Sky Blue color, the same color that debuted on the latest M4 MacBook Air models Apple released in March. That's according to the leaker Majin Bu. Concept mockup from Majin Bu Writing on his website, Bu claims that "sources close to the supply chain confirm that several iPhone 17 Pro prototypes have been made in various colors, with Sky Blue...
maxresdefault

iPhone 17 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 12 New Features

Sunday April 13, 2025 7:52 am PDT by
While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models as of April 2025: Aluminum frame: iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and ...