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 ...

If you transfer multiple accounts, your old phone may create more than one QR code. On your new phone's Authenticator app, tap Scan QR code. After you scan your QR codes, you get a confirmation that ...

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.

You’ll then get a QR code that you’ll then scan on a Google Authenticator (version 5.10+) app on another device—using the “Import accounts” feature from the “Transfer accounts” window.

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

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.

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Google has updated its Authenticator smartphone app for Android and iOS with support for backing up two-factor authentication (2FA) codes to the cloud.

The popular two-factor authentication (2FA) app, Google Authenticator, is one of the first picks for users who want to protect their data-sensitive accounts on the internet.

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 ...