The NSW Government is updating its Service NSW app to increase public use of QR code check-ins with the pandemic raging in greater Sydney.

With two days to Christmas, and after another record number of COVID cases, the New South Wales government is making an abrupt change, re-introducing QR check-in codes in most settings.

For well over 18 months, QR codes have become part and parcel of living with COVID but some are questioning how long that check-in system should stick around for.

Mandatory QR check-ins could soon be scrapped in low-risk venues across New South Wales should COVID cases continue to fall. Some locations - including shopping centres and cafes - could ...