Sign in with your phone instead of a countersign

If you don't want to enter your password each time you sign in to your Google Business relationship, you can get a Google prompt sent to your phone instead.

Google prompts are push button notifications that aid ostend it'south you. When you turn on the option to sign in with your telephone, you also add another fashion to prove it's your account if you forget your password.

Set up your phone

Important: This feature is non bachelor if y'all take 2-stride verification enabled on your business relationship.

To sign in with your telephone instead of a countersign, you demand an Android telephone with a screen lock.

  1. Go to your Google Account.
  2. In the navigation console, tap Security.
  3. Under "Signing in to Google," tap Use your phone to sign in and then Set it upwards.
    You lot may need to sign in.
  4. Follow the on-screen steps.
    1. If your telephone doesn't have a screen lock, tap Add together a screen lock. Follow the on-screen steps.

Tip: You'll become prompts on any eligible devices that are signed in to your Google account.

Sign in with your phone

  1. When you sign in to your Google Account, enter your email address or phone number.
  2. Tap Side by side. Y'all'll get a reminder to check your phone.
  3. Unlock your Android phone.
  4. On the "Trying to sign in?" prompt, tap Yes.
    • If your phone isn't nearby, you tin select Use password or other options on the sign-in screen.

Ready problems

Screen lock isn't turned on

To sign in with your phone, yous need to plough on screen lock. Settings may vary depending on your Android phone.

A screen lock helps prevent someone else from unlocking your phone and using information technology to sign in to your Google Business relationship.

You might need extra steps to sign in

If we notice something unlike nearly how you sign in, similar your location, you may need to have extra steps to ostend it's you. For example, you might demand to match a number between your figurer screen and your phone screen.

Your phone isn't listed

If your phone isn't in the "Your telephone" section of the setup process:

  1. Make sure you lot have an Android telephone with updated Google Play services.
  2. Turn on the screen lock.
  3. Open the Settings app Settings app.
  4. Tap Accounts and then Add account and then Google.
  5. Follow the on-screen steps to sign in.

  6. Try once again to set your phone.

Your telephone isn't nearby or you can't employ it

In some cases, you might need to use your password to sign in, similar when:

  • Y'all don't take your phone.
  • Your telephone isn't charged.
  • Your phone is offline.

If this happens:

  1. Sign in to your Google Account.
  2. Tap Utilize password or other options.
  3. Choose one of the options, and follow the on-screen steps.

Your telephone is lost or stolen

Screen lock helps protect your telephone in case it's lost or stolen.

Even though your phone has this security feature, we recommend yous follow the steps to sign out on a device you no longer use.

Terminate signing in with your telephone

  1. Become to the security section of your Google Account.
  2. Under "Signing in to Google," tap Use your phone to sign in. You may need to use your screen lock.
  3. At the top, tap Plough off.

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