{"id":494720,"date":"2026-06-16T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/494720\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:16:09","slug":"auto-drivers-smartwatch-qr-code-hack-goes-viral-internet-calls-it-peak-bengaluru-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/494720\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Driver&#8217;s Smartwatch QR Code Hack Goes Viral, Internet Calls It &#8220;Peak Bengaluru Moment&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Bengaluru auto-rickshaw driver has become an internet favorite after accepting a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment using a QR code saved on his smartwatch. The moment took off on X (formerly Twitter) when a passenger shared what happened after completing a ride from Indiranagar to Koramangala. &#8220;Took an auto today from Indiranagar to Koramangala and asked the driver for the QR code to pay,&#8221; a user named Hemant wrote. &#8220;Bro lifted his wrist; the QR code was on his smartwatch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views, with users in the comments section describing it as a &#8220;Peak Bengaluru Moment&#8221;, an incident that showcases the city&#8217;s reputation for blending technology with everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>For many online observers, the interaction highlighted just how seamlessly digital payments have been adopted across all layers of Indian society.<\/p>\n<p>Also read |\u00a0<a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/ufc-fighters-training-with-fbi-agents-at-quantico-kash-patel-reveals-details-11638960\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Fighters Training With FBI Agents At Quantico? Kash Patel Reveals Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the post here:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Took an auto today from Indiranagar to Koramangala and asked the driver for the QR code to pay<br \/>Bro lifted his wrist, the QR code was on his smartwatch <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bzDkXe1UBZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bzDkXe1UBZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hemant (@nothemantsharma) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nothemantsharma\/status\/2066132406642651567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also read |\u00a0<a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/woman-21-dies-in-bungee-jump-accident-in-brazil-her-last-social-media-post-shocks-internet-11639372\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman, 21, Dies In Bungee Jump Accident In Brazil, Her Last Social Media Post Shocks Internet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The viral post triggered a wave of comments ranging from financial humour to observations about tech adaptation. &#8220;Auto drivers of Koramangala and Indiranagar earn as much as the IT people living there, in my opinion, which is wild,&#8221; one user commented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another POV: Those who always have both hands working deserve a smartwatch more than the CEO of a tech company,&#8221; another shared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We seriously underestimate the people around us. I was implementing a user-heavy tech project in 2015 which was to be deployed largely in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. All of us were sure it was going to fail, but the people there completely surprised us. We had no idea about the sheer enterprise of our population,&#8221; a third user shared their thoughts on grassroot innovations.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\u00a0Bengaluru auto-rickshaw driver has become an internet favorite after accepting a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment using a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[227897,227898,227902,227900,330,85,46,227899,227903,125,227901],"class_list":["post-494720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-auto-driver-smartwatch-qr-code","tag-bengaluru-auto-driver-viral-video","tag-bengaluru-viral-news","tag-digital-payment-auto-driver-bengaluru","tag-gadgets","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-qr-code-payment-smartwatch-india","tag-smart-payment-india","tag-technology","tag-upi-smartwatch-payment-hack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}