Overview

• Recovery contacts are available starting today for eligible personal Google accounts as an optional fallback.
• Users share a code with a chosen friend or family member, who receives an email or notification to confirm the match.
• Google emphasizes that recovery contacts cannot access the account or any personal information of the account holder.
• Android’s new Sign in with Mobile Phone Number identifies the account via a linked number and skips password entry.
• The phone-number sign-in flow asks for the previous device’s lock-screen code to streamline setup on a new Android phone.