Google is preparing to phase out SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for Gmail users, replacing it with QR code verification, according to a Forbes report.

Google isn’t the only firm offering 2FA sign-in codes to provide backups. Since 2019, Microsoft has allowed people to use a “backup and restore” tool for its Microsoft Authenticator app.

Google will stop supporting SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for Gmail, replacing it with QR code support. This change aims to enhance security, as malicious users can trick people into ...

Google Authenticator now syncs one-time codes with your account, so you're not stuck if you lose your device.

Using this new feature, Google Authenticator users can select the 2SV accounts they wish to export on one device, and a QR code will be generated.

How to transfer Google Authenticator on Android? To transfer your data across your phones, you need your old phone with the Authenticator codes, the latest version of the app on both of your phones, ...

Before now, users would need to keep their Google Authenticator app on a single device, and that device would keep that code connection essentially forever.

The “Scan a QR code” UI has been revamped. Besides adding a flash option in the top-right corner, Authenticator explains how this is powered by Google Play services: “No image data will be ...