Google Authenticator is a two-step verification software used to keep your Google account and its related apps and programs more secure.

How to Add an Account to Google Authenticator You need two things: Google's authenticator app and a code from the account you want to add to the app (Facebook, Amazon, your bank, etc.).

To set up the Authenticator app for the first time, use its option under the Set Up Alternative Second Step heading. Open the app, click the + button to add your account, and scan the QR barcode.

1. What is two-step authentication? In this context, Google Authenticator works as a second line of defense if your account is compromised. When setup of Authenticator is complete, you log in to ...

Perhaps it comes as little surprise, then, to see Microsoft announce that it's bringing a password manager to its Authenticator app.

The Google Authenticator app eliminates the possibility of an SMS-based attack using algorithms to generate the codes on your phone. Here's how to set it up: 1.

For existing Authenticator app users, getting started with passkeys is straightforward. Simply open the Authenticator app, choose your account from the settings menu and select ‘Set up a passkey’.

Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider Google Authenticator should now be set up on your new phone, enabling you to use it for two-step account verification.

Celso Bulgatti/CNET The old school way still works If the transfer tool doesn't work for you, you can still set up Authenticator using the old method of manually transferring your accounts, one by ...