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.

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an ...

Google Authenticator will now sync your 2FA codes to use on different devices The cloud-based syncing means you can access the two-factor authenticator codes from any device.

Google has released an update to its 2FA authenticator app that stores a “one-time code” cloud storage, possibly making it easier for hackers to gain access to their authenticator-linked apps.

An update to Google Authenticator this week finally enabled backups for your two-factor authentication codes. But the feature comes with a security risk.

It took Google 13 years to add a new feature to Google Authenticator. Due to the 2FA syncing feature, users can now back up their 2FA code sequences to the cloud and restore them to a new device.

Google Authenticator adds 2FA migration By design, two-factor authentication codes aren't made to automatically synchronize when you backup an old phone and restore that data to a new one.

Cloud-based 2FA solves a longtime annoyance for Authenticator users by allowing their codes to be stored in the cloud using their Google account.