Security News > 2020 > September > How to move Google Authenticator from one iPhone or Android device to another
2020-09-04 18:54
If you migrated to a different iPhone or Android device and need to transfer Google Authenticator to the new hardware, follow these steps.
If you have not enabled two-step authentication, your Google account is at a much higher risk of being hacked; if you have enabled the service, you're familiar with Google Authenticator.
What happens if you lose your phone or upgrade to a new device? You install the Google Authenticator on the new device and continue on... right? Wrong.
Let me walk you through the process of migrating the Google Authenticator to another iOS or Android device.
Figure A. Step three: Open the Google Authenticator app on your new device and tap Begin Setup.
News URL
Related news
- Google Confirms Android SafetyCore Enables AI-Powered On-Device Content Classification (source)
- SpyLend Android malware downloaded 100,000 times from Google Play (source)
- Google's March 2025 Android Security Update Fixes Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities (source)
- How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app (source)
- Google fixes Android zero-day exploited by Serbian authorities (source)
- Google expands Android AI scam detection to more Pixel devices (source)
- Google Rolls Out AI Scam Detection for Android to Combat Conversational Fraud (source)
- New North Korean Android spyware slips onto Google Play (source)
- iPhone & Android Users: A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon (source)
- Malicious Android 'Vapor' apps on Google Play installed 60 million times (source)