Here’s how you can get started with Google Authenticator, what’s recently changed about the app, and how to access your codes in-app.

The Google Authenticator app used to store one-time access codes for account security now supports backups and syncing across devices using a Google Account, Google announced today. With Google ...

Google Authenticator 7.0 with the Material You redesign is not yet widely rolled out via the Play Store. (You can sideload it here.) It’s one of the last first-party apps without Material 3.

Google Authenticator now allows you to sync your 2FA (two-factor authentication) with your Google Account. This way, you can log into the apps with your Google Account when the phone is unavailable.

How to Add an Account to Google Authenticator You need two things: Google's authenticator app and a code from the account you want to add to the app (Facebook, Amazon, your bank, etc.).

These days, all of those problems have been solved, and now Google's Authenticator app is even taking steps to further improve its look and usefulness.

Google’s Authenticator App Just Got a Handy New 2FA Tool You can now sync sign-in codes across devices—but they aren’t end-to-end encrypted. Photograph: Rasid Necati Aslim/Getty Images ...

Google Authenticator app lets other apps take screenshots of its code. Issue was first reported to Google in October 2014, but it was never addressed.

This is the app you might have gravitated towards for your Google account—because it’s made by Google—but this is actually one of the more basic authenticator apps out there. Adding accounts ...

Google has released an update for the Authenticator on Android, allowing the app to generate codes on Android Wear watches. On top of that, the company is throwing in a 'refreshed' design and a ...

Early tests show that Google's Authenticator app can expose users to security risks because it's not end-to-end encrypted.

That's where Google's Authenticator comes in. The Google Authenticator app was previously grey (see above, left), showed Google's 'G' with a lock, and was, let's face it, on the dull side.