The other option is to receive a voice call from Google with your verification code. At this point, choose the option which is most convenient for you and Google will send you the verification code.

One more thing: Google Prompt won't affect any other two-step verification methods you use. You can still use the Authenticator app or receive a verification code in a text message.

Yes, many people trying to verify their businesses with Google Maps receive a postcard from Google, but the code to enter onto Google Places for verification is empty.

If you forget your account password or can't receive the verification codes, you may lose it forever. To avoid such situations, we compiled a list of solutions to help you recover your Google account.

Starting next week Google will overhaul its two-step verification (2SV) procedure and replace one-time codes sent via SMS with prompts shown on the user's smartphone.

Then they try to convince you to share your Google verification code in order to attach your phone number to a Google Voice account.

Google replaced SMS as the default 2-Step Verification method last year with device-based Prompts. iOS users were instructed to install the Google app for two-factor authentication when logging in.

Google is preparing to phase out SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for Gmail users, replacing it with QR code verification, according to a Forbes report.

A cellular carrier may have injected ads into a Google 2FA verification text message. Google has since confirmed that it's not to blame.

The FBI is seeing so much activity around malicious Google Voice activity, where victims are associated with fraudulent virtual phone numbers, that it sent out an alert this week.