Enabling RCS chats on Android only takes a few taps. Make sure you have an active SIM card inserted in your phone, and, in ...

Instead of relying on SMS-based authentication, I've recommended using a dedicated authenticator app, or the password-less Passkeys system that Google itself is pushing quite a bit. When using an ...

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 will soon phase out SMS-based two-factor authentication in favor of QR codes. The company will use various techniques, including attempting to verify the user’s number directly with their ...

Update, February 25, 2025 (04:05 AM ET): Google has shared more details with us on how this move away from SMS codes would work.In some instances, users will send an SMS to a Google number instead ...

Google now hopes to move beyond SMS, which has become so frequently abused that it negates any supposed security benefit. Instead of using SMS, the company will reportedly switch to using QR codes.

Because of this, Google developed the Authenticator app, which gives users the 2FA codes they need without receiving them via SMS, but it was criticized for not being end-to-end encrypted (E2EE).

Google is not the only company to move away from SMS for 2FA. Last year, Evernote removed SMS from its service , and the secure messaging app Signal removed it in 2022 . X, Apple and Microsoft ...

In an effort to curb global SMS scams, Google is planning to shift away from SMS two-factor authentication. Instead, Google will prompt users to scan a QR code to authenticate their phone numbers ...

Google plans to replace SMS codes with QR codes for account verification. If you're logging into Gmail, one current authentication option is a six-digit code sent via SMS. However, this method has ...

In the coming months, Google will replace Gmail’s SMS code authentication with QR codes to help reduce fraud and spam while increasing security for users.