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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. Using its Smart Lock app, Google will now use your Android smartphone as a physical 2FA key to log in to a Google account on an iOS device. How this works is, when you log into your Google account on an iOS device, the app will ping your Android phone over Bluetooth. [/hq> If you do use multiple phones, here’s how you can set this up: [hans>[hstep>Step 1: Add the security key to your Google Account[/hstep> a) Add your personal or work Google Account to your Android phone. [hstep>Step 2: Use your Android phone’s built-in security key[/hstep>[/hans> a) On both of your devices, make sure Bluetooth is turned on.

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