Simplify the process of signing in to your Google Account by replacing your usual password with a notification on your smartphone.
Do you use several Google accounts and like a good student, have you set up a complex password that is difficult to remember? Rather than having to manually enter your password every time you need to log in from a computer, Google offers a simpler, faster, and just as secure alternative: your smartphone.
In the security settings of your Google account, an option is offered for your smartphone to replace your password. Concretely, when the function is activated, Google automatically sends a notification to a smartphone on which your Google account is already connected. You just have to open this notification to authorize and validate the connection to your account.
Thanks to this function, the security of your Google account is not compromised and the connection is done more simply, without you having to manually enter your password. Here’s how to set it up.
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1. Install a Google app on your smartphone
To use this function, you must have the Google or Gmail application installed on your smartphone. While these two applications are in principle installed natively on Android, this is not the case on iPhones.
If you have an Apple smartphone, download Google or Gmail, and connect your account to it.
2. Enter the security settings of your account
Open your favorite web browser from your computer and go to the page dedicated to your Google Account settings. If not already, log in, and go to the Security section.
In the Sign in to Google box, click menu Use your phone to sign in.
3. Activate the function
A window explaining how the option works is displayed. Click the Configure button to start setting the option.
For Google to verify your identity, enter your password and click Next.
4. Configure your smartphone
Google then asks you to select the smartphone that will be used to connect.
Depending on your device and the identification and security elements it carries (fingerprint capture, facial recognition, etc.), the Google application that you will use to validate the connection must be unlocked by this means. Click on Next.
The following window proposes to test the device. Check that your account email address is correct and click the Next button.
To verify that the option works correctly, Google prompts you to open the Gmail or Google application installed on your smartphone.
When either of these two apps is open on your phone, you’ll see a notification asking if you’re trying to sign in. Press the Yes button to validate the connection.
If your smartphone is equipped with a biometric authentication system (fingerprint sensor, facial recognition, etc.), Google may ask you for permission to use it to validate the connection; the connection to your account should automatically occur. display.
5. Confirm the connection with your smartphone
Now that the validation of the connection using your smartphone is functional, click on the Activate button to finish configuring the option.
From now on, each time you log into your Google account from a new device, Google will no longer ask for your password, but will send a notification to the Google or Gmail application (installed on your smartphone and connected to the same account), to validate your password. connection.