Your Google Authenticator one-time codes are no longer trapped if you lose the device that stores them. An update to Authenticator for Android and iOS now stores ...

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.

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 ...

Open the Google Authenticator app on your new phone and tap on Begin Setup > Scan barcode. Point your phone’s camera to the QR code on your computer and enter the six-digit code in the pop-up ...

Fortunately, Google is solving that problem today: Google Authenticator on iOS has just received a sleek new dark theme and the ability to mass-transfer your 2FA account credentials to a fresh device.

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an ...

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.