What Is Google Authenticator? How to Use Google

This updated guide explains how to Google Authenticator through clear steps, practical examples, and important checks that help prevent common errors.

1. What Is Google Authenticator?

Google Authenticator is essentially an application on a smartphone that creates a sequence of codes, when you sign in to your Google account on any device, you will need to enter the code after entering the password. Google Authenticator application created. Especially, every 30 seconds, the Google Authenticator application will change a new code so your Google account will be protected to the maximum.

2. How to Use Google Authenticator

To use Google Authenticator we will first enable two-layer security in your Google account.

Step 1: You access the link below then login to your Google account.

https://myaccount. google. com/

After logging in, select the item Login to Google

Step 2 : In this window, select the 2-Step Verification (turned off)

If your Google Account has enabled 2-step verification in the past, you can skip it and do it from step 8.

Step 3 : You choose Start

Step 4 : In this window, select the Choose another option and then select Text message or voice call.

Step 5 : Next, enter your phone number in the box then you can choose how to receive codes by message or call.

Here I will choose to receive codes by message and press Next.

Step 6 : Now Google will send a code to the phone number you entered in the previous step, or open a message on the phone and enter the code received in the box below and click Next .

Step 7 : Click Enable to complete turn on 2-step verification.

Step 8 : After pressing Enable, you will be taken to a new window, in this window, scroll down to find Authenticator Application and click the Install button .

A window appears, select the type of phone you are using and click Next

Step 9 : At this time a QR Code appears, you leave it as it is and we will switch to installing the Google Authenticator application on the phone.

Step 10: On your phone, install the Google Authenticator application in the app store or can access the link below to download the application.

Android : https://play. google. com/store/apps/details? id=com. google. Android. apps. authenticator2&hl=en

iOS : https://itunes. apple. com/us/app/google-authenticator/id388497605? mt=8

After the installation is complete, open the application and add a Google account by selecting the Scan barcode section.

Step 11 : At this point the camera will open up, please bring up the camera and scan the QR code that appears in step 9.

After successfully scanning you click Add account.

Step 12 : On the computer, click the Next button in the QR Code screen:

Then enter the code that appears on the Google Authenticator application in the box and click Verify .

Note: This code changes quite quickly, so please enter it quickly, if that code is almost out of effect you can wait to change to a new code.

So we have enabled the Google Authenticator feature for Google accounts successfully, now you can try to log out of your Google account and log back in.

After entering the password, you will have to enter the code in the Authenticator application to be able to login successfully.