According to Richendrfer, over the next few months, Google will be "reimagining" how the company verifies phone numbers.

SMS codes have long been less secure than other forms of authentication. With QR codes, Google aims to reduce users' dependency on carriers for account verification.

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

Google is planning to end support for SMS-based two-factor authentication in Gmail, Forbes reports. Sending a code to your ...

Google has announced plans to phase out SMS-based verification codes for Gmail authentication, transitioning instead to QR ...

With tech giants embracing passkeys in favour of the not-so-trustworthy text-based passwords, it looks like Google is ...