Gmail will soon ditch SMS codes for two-factor authentication, and use QR codes instead. This will reduce the impact of ...

SMS remains a weak point in verifying logins and may be unavailable to you while outside your home country or region.

A Google verification code is a short numeric code that's sometimes sent to your phone or email address, which you use to complete a task like password recovery. It's an added security step that ...

Instead of an SMS, a QR code will be sent to your phone to verify your Gmail account. Google says it's moving away from SMS ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Google plans to replace SMS codes with QR codes for ...

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 ...

Google is to finally phase out the use of text message authentication for logging in to Gmail on laptops and PCs in favour of ...

Google is aiming to dump SMS as a two-factor authentication method for Gmail and switch to a more secure approach using QR codes.