#Google Account
12 Ways to Spend Google Play Balance and Opinion Rewards
Updated: June 5, 2024
Do you have Google Play balance you gained from the Google Opinion Rewards app? If you want to spend them before they expire, here are the available products and services you can buy or subscribe to. To check your Play balance, open the Google Play Store and tap your profile picture in the top-right corner. […]
How to Set Up Google Passkeys on Desktop and Mobile
Updated: May 11, 2023
Passwords can be easily compromised either with a data breach, phishing attacks, or someone accessing your stored password. Especially considering most people use simple passwords like abcd123, they are not secure enough to safeguard online accounts. This is where the new Google Passkeys feature comes in that replaces passwords altogether. In this article, we will […]
How to Generate Backup Codes from Google
Published: March 9, 2023
Two-factor authentication helps make your account more secure. To log in, you need both your password and also the 2FA code. But what if you have lost the phone or are not able to turn it on? This is where the backup codes come in. In the absence of the 2FA code, you can use […]
How to Use Phone as (Bluetooth) Security Key for Google Account
Published: January 9, 2023
Do you use Google prompts to sign in to your Google account? If yes, you should stop, because today, we will be sharing a more secure way to keep your Google account safe and sound. Google prompts are a nice way to secure your account but in this post, we are going to share how […]
How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Gmail/Google
Published: January 7, 2023
Your Google account has a lot of your personal data from your photos, emails, files, and maybe even passwords. To safeguard all that data, you must enable two-factor authentication or 2-step verification on your Google account. Authentication can be done only by your phone or security key. So even if someone knows your password, they […]
How to Set or Change YouTube Handle/Username
Updated: November 9, 2022
As of now, YouTube has a channel name and URL for each channel. While they are useful to some extent, they both have their own share of problems. Channel names are not unique and URLs are hard to remember. This is why they released YouTube Handles. They are like usernames for the YouTube account. As […]
How to Bypass Google Account
Published: August 31, 2022
Factory Reset Protection (FRP) was designed to discourage thieves from stealing Android phones and prevent resetting the device. However, this becomes an issue when you forget the passcode, password, or pattern lock of the phone and need to regain access. Secondhand phone buyers also need to remove previous owner’s Google account details. What you need […]
How to Create and Manage Google Account for Your Child
Updated: October 11, 2021
Internet, social media, and technology, in general, can lead to long-term psychological problems for even adults. Having such powerful tools in the hands of growing children can be dangerous. That’s one reason why it is not allowed to create a Gmail/Google account for a child. But with the ever-growing online educational curriculum and games that […]
How to Stop Getting Spam on Google Drive
Updated: October 11, 2021
Anyone who knows your email ID can share any file with you via Google Drive. That’s how Drive was designed to work. But the spam problem on Google Drive is not negligible, especially when spammers share 18+ or offensive files. Until now, the only thing you could do was to delete such files and hope […]
How to Login to Google Account without Verification Code
Updated: April 30, 2024
Want to log in to your Google account but don’t have your phone (forgot or stolen)? When using 2-factor authentication, your phone acts as a key to your account for additional security. So is there any way to log in to your Google account without 2FA code or your smartphone? Yes, while the chances are […]
How to Change Your Gmail Display Name on Android, iOS, and Web
Updated: January 5, 2026
When you send an email through Gmail, your messages usually show the same name tied to your email address. But what if that name no longer fits, or you just want something more professional or recognizable? That’s where changing your Gmail display name comes in. Your display name is the first thing recipients see in […]
How to Unlink Any Service From the Google Assistant
Updated: October 11, 2021
Linking any service to Google assistant is just as simple as saying “Talk to (that service name)”. For example, you can simply say “Talk to Todoist” to start linking your todoist account to Google Assistant. But somehow, you don’t have an option to unlink the service with voice, and neither can you do it from […]
How to Add Birthday Reminders on Google Assistant
Updated: October 11, 2021
Like most of you, I rely on Facebook for Birthday reminders, but there is one small problem, they notify you on the day of the birthday. It’s fine for most cases, but if you want to plan something or even wish them at the midnight, then relying on Google Assistant is the way to go. […]
Remap Google Assistant Gesture To Secretly Open Any App
Updated: October 12, 2021
Android 10 lets you open the Google Assistant by swiping from the bottom edge to the middle of the screen. However, if you don’t use the Google Assistant quite often, the gesture is lying out there wasted. So, here’s an open-source app called “App Launcher Assistant” that lets you remap the gesture to open any Android […]
Android Backup vs Google One Backup – Which to Choose?
Updated: October 18, 2021
By default, your Android smartphone automatically takes a daily backup of your device, which includes – your Android settings, Wi-Fi networks, contacts, apps, photos, passwords, and display preferences, etc. This way, when you get a new phone, you can easily restore your backup from the old phone by signing in to same Google account. However, […]
How to Clear Space on Google Drive
Updated: October 18, 2021
When you create a new Gmail account, Google offers you free 15 GB of storage. However, this 15GB is not just reserved for Gmail. Rather shared between Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. So, if you are anyone like me, who use Google Photos and Google Drive religiously, you might have seen the error “Google […]
How to Automatically Delete Your Entire Google Activity
Published: October 4, 2019
Coming Android 10, Google has made a lot of changes to Android (the name being populous). Other significant changes were gesture navigation, local machine learning, dark mode, etc. But in my opinion, the biggest changes were on the privacy front. In Android 10, apps can only access your location when it’s running. And not only […]