First, turn on two-factor authentication for the account. You'll get a QR code or setup key. Next, open the Google Authenticator app and tap the plus sign. Record the 2FA code/key. Whenever you're ...

Set up Two-factor authentication (2FA) for Gmail in Outlook Previously, if your Google account was configured with two-step verification, you needed a password to link your email account with the ...

To set up Google Authenticator (or another authenticator app) for use with a Google account, go to the Google Account 2-Step Verification page. Under the Authenticator App heading, click Set Up.

As setup continues, you will be asked a few questions about how you’d like to set some security preferences. When asked “Do you want me to update your /home//google.authenticator file?”, you ...

Google has updated its 2FA Authenticator app for iOS with a new privacy feature that lets users require Face ID or Touch ID before displaying two-factor account authentication codes. Previously ...

Google LLC has updated Google Authenticator, its two-factor authentication app, with a feature that will help users avoid losing access to their login credentials. The company released the new ...

Google strives to push all its users to start using two-factor authentication (2FA), which can block attackers from taking control of their accounts using compromised credentials or guessing their ...

A new two-factor authentication tool from Google isn’t end-to-end encrypted, which could expose users to significant security risks, a test by security researchers found. Google’s ...

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.