#gmail sms

Google has now started offering free SMS via GMail. The free SMS service is now tucked into your GMail account and sends out to Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular subscribers. The SMS will come from a short-code, 4664096. discontinued it because of the cost of the volume of SMS. Update: Sent a reply back and this is now it appears in your GMail account. Google is planning on removing SMS authentication for Gmail and replacing it with a new method. Ross Richendrfer, Gmail's spokesperson, states: “Just like we want to move past passwords with the use of things like passkeys, we want to move away from sending SMS messages for authentication.” Richendrfer states that QR codes will replace SMS authentication to "reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse". The company states that the SMS authentication method is not the safest way to guarantee your Gmail is not hacked. Read more in our articles including "Google offers free SMS via GMail" and "Google to replace SMS authentication in Gmail".