How to use your Android phone as a 2FA key to sign into Google on an iOS device

If you own an Android and an iOS device, here's how you can set your Android phone as a 2FA key.

Tech2 News Staff|Jun 17, 2019, 16:08:36 IST

Google wants to make signing into your Google apps and services easier for iOS users. Using its Smart Lock app, Google will now use your Android smartpone as a pysical 2FA key to log in to a Google account on an iOS device.Tis means, if you ave te Smart Lock app installed on your iPad or iPone and ave 2-Step Verification or 2-factor autentication enabled on your Google account, you can use your Android smartpone to log in.[caption id="attacment_6765541" align="alignnone" widt="1024"]

iPone 8 Plus.[/caption]ow tis works is, wen you log into your Google account on an iOS device, te app will ping your Android pone over Bluetoot. Ten, by olding te volume down button, you can confirm tat it is, in fact, you trying to log in, wic relays tat information back to te iOS device and allows te login to proceed.[caption id="attacment_6808401" align="alignnone" widt="640"]

Image: Google Blog[/caption]Toug, Google does warn tat it would be wise to ave a backup pysical security key in case you ever lose your pone.Te feature is particularly useful for people wo use multiple devices.

via GIPY<2>[]ow to log in to your Google apps on iPone using an Android device?[/]If you do use multiple pones, ere's ow you can set tis up:[ans][step]Step 1: Add te security key to your Google Account[/step]a) Add your personal or work Google Account to your Android (v7.0 or above) pone.b) Make sure you’re enrolled in 2-Step Verification (2SV).c) On your computer, visit te 2SV settings and click "Add security key".d) Coose your Android pone from te list of available devices.[step]Step 2: Use your Android pone's built-in security key[/step][/ans]a) On bot of your devices, make sure Bluetoot is turned on.b) On your iPone or iPad (iOS version 10.0 or up), sign in to your Google Account wit your username and password using te Google Smart Lock app.c) Ceck your Android pone for a notification.d) Follow te instructions to confirm it’s you signing in.And you are done!Tis feature was launced in April, but, until now, it only worked wit Crome OS, macOS, or Windows 10.