Very Frustrating – Google Smart Lock Review

First, as soon as you use a Fido or U2F key for 2FA with your google account (google apps and gmail both), if you ever change your password you are required to use this app next time you log in on your iPhone - even if you have an alternate 2FA setup like Google Authenticator for your account. This alone warrants a 1-star review since it’s a bad user experience and they don’t tell you in advance about this requirement. What’s worse is that this app is very buggy. If you are lucky enough to have a well paired Google Titan BLE token then this might work for you. If you want to use any other 2FA from your iPhone, this buggy app will effectively prevent you from logging in. I ultimately had to use a printed back up code to login as every other method was closed to me. Google - please QA this better before releasing and forcing users who want a secure login to use this!
Review by bananasplit.us on Google Smart Lock.