This old way of authentication is shutting down Gmail, now QR code will have to be used

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Last update:25 February, 2025, 13:18 IST

Gmail has now shut down the authentication process that is via SMS to make its platform more safe. Now there will be authentication from QR code instead. Learn the entire detail here.

New Delhi. If you use Gmail, then this news is very important for you. Because Google’s Gmail is now going to change a lot in the authentication process. According to Forbes reports, Gmail is now ending its SMS-based six-digit authentication code and instead it is making up its mind to use QR code for two-factor authentication (2FA). Actually Gmail wants to make his platform even more secure and hence he has switched on QR with SMS authentication.

According to the report, Gmail has said that this new method of authentication will be started in the coming months. Actually, the company has taken steps to deal with the increasing misuse of SMS Varification Process. The company told Forbes that in the next few months, we will reconsider the way to verify the phone numbers; In particular, instead of entering your number and getting a 6-duty code, you will show a QR code, which you have to scan from the camera app on your phone.

Why removed SMS Authentication
For this change, Google is giving a closure reason. The company says that SMS-based authentication is more at risk of fisting scams and being dependent on text messages, you naturally get rid of a mediator. With the new system, users can scan a QR code using their smartphone camera instead of getting text messages. These days of online scaming cases have increased and in view of this it would not be wrong to say that SMS authentication for security will not be enough. The QR system will connect one side layer of security. Scam and misuse can be avoided through QR based authentication.