Google has said it's planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message to verify Gmail accounts in favor of security tools such as passkeys and QR codes that you would scan with your device.

Google is shifting default 2FA to QR codes Passkeys are the future, but in the meantime, Google is shifting to QR codes as the default verification method for phone numbers.

News Gmail is killing SMS-based 2FA login codes in favor of this instead SMS-based two-factor authentication has security issues. That's why Google is finally replacing it with something better soon.

One-time SMS codes are widely used as the second checkpoint in two-factor authentication (2FA) to sign into everything from banking apps to email accounts. As I've written before, though, SMS is ...

The advantage of 2FA is that you can secure your account with a six-digit code generated by the authenticator app, in addition to your password.