How to turn Xbox One text codes into Kinect-redeemable QR codes

The Xbox One wants to make things easy for gamers. For example, its Kinect camera can read QR codes, so when you buy a Xbox Store gift card or an Xbox Live Gold subscription, you can hold the QR code up to the camera and redeem it instantly. Unfortunately, some publishers are still only including the 25-character text code only.

Don’t worry, though, you don’t have to fight with the Xbox One joypad and the onscreen keyboard to enter those endless alphanumeric strings. Here’s how to take a text code and turn it into a QR code (or you can watch the video at the top):