First, turn on two-factor authentication for the account. You'll get a QR code or setup key. Next, open the Google ...

Google Authenticator is a no-frills tool for managing your MFA codes ... Samsung Galaxy A71 5G and an iPhone 14 ... on each platform or website and scan each QR code with Google Authenticator.

An update to Authenticator for Android and iOS now stores backups of codes in your Google account. You won't have to reauthorize all your linked apps (or scan a QR code) just because you got a new ...

The one-time codes that Google’s Authenticator app generates to secure your accounts no longer have to live in one place. Instead, they can sync to your Google account.

Google has said it's planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message to verify Gmail accounts in favor of security tools such as passkeys and QR codes that you would scan with your device.

The iPhone’s native QR code readers offer bare-bones, read-only features, but if you want to create your own QR codes, you’ll need to turn to a third-party app.

So if someone lost their iPhone, they also lost the two-factor authentication codes to log into their accounts. However, Google stated on Monday that this feature of the service is changing.

Google is officially moving away from using SMS messages in its Gmail account two-factor authenticator. Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer told Forbes, “we want to move away from sending SMS ...

Google Authenticator 7.0 with the Material You redesign is not yet widely rolled out via the Play Store. (You can sideload it here.) It’s one of the last first-party apps without Material 3.