If your backup is tied to another account, like Google Authenticator, make sure that account is secured with 2FA, with recovery options that will work without the authenticator app.

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an ...

It took Google 13 years to add a new feature to Google Authenticator. Due to the 2FA syncing feature, users can now back up their 2FA code sequences to the cloud and restore them to a new device.

Google Authenticator adds 2FA migration By design, two-factor authentication codes aren't made to automatically synchronize when you backup an old phone and restore that data to a new one.

Cloud-based 2FA solves a longtime annoyance for Authenticator users by allowing their codes to be stored in the cloud using their Google account.

An update to Google Authenticator this week finally enabled backups for your two-factor authentication codes. But the feature comes with a security risk.

Google Authenticator will now sync your 2FA codes to use on different devices The cloud-based syncing means you can access the two-factor authenticator codes from any device.