As reported by Forbes, the company is planning to shift from SMS codes to QR ... Google Account. It's surprisingly easy to get hold of an SMS code. If someone steals your smartphone, for example ...

Google has updated its Authenticator smartphone ... Google provides the option to transfer 2FA codes to a new device manually, but that requires scanning a QR code on the old device.

Also, Google still supports the old way of transferring Authenticator data to a new smartphone. It uses QR codes to move that data between devices. You’ll have to do that if you don’t want to ...