While Google Authenticator is immensely popular, one of the biggest critiques has been the inability to back up one-time 2FA codes and the lack of multi-device support.

Google Authenticator 7.0 brings a Material You redesign and new features, while changing how you copy 2-factor authentication (2FA) codes.

As of today, Google Authenticator will now sync any one-time two-factor authentication (2FA) codes that it generates to users' Google Accounts. Previously, one-time Authenticator codes were stored ...

However, say you lost your phone without syncing your codes to your Google account, and you can't transfer the codes to a new phone. When this happens, reset two-step verification on each website ...

Released on Monday for iOS and Android, the latest version of Google Authenticator lets you back up and sync your one-time 2FA codes to your Google account via the cloud.

Google Authenticator and Authy are examples of free 2FA apps that protect your accounts from unwanted access. Both provide one-time verification codes, but they work differently.

The latest update to the Google Authenticator doesn’t show the 2FA codes spontaneously and now waits for the user’s tap to reveal the codes.

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.

Security encryption authentication Google Authenticator gets cloud 2FA code backups, doesn't yet provide end-to-end encryption The recently unveiled feature is affected by a troublesome security risk ...

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.

Google Authenticator can now sync single-use two-factor authentication codes to Google Accounts, for added convenience.