Microsoft Authenticator will be updated in iOS to improve the management of our passwords

Today we value the security offered by our devices above all because more and more sensitive data is stored on them. Many users are terrified of a possible unwanted intrusion, a fear that companies are aware of and that drives them to launch functions to avoid these possible scares.

And Microsoft Authenticator is one of the existing alternatives to protect our accounts, passwords for social networks, emails and other services An application Available in the Google Play Store and in the App Store that, through two-step verification, provides extra protection to our devices.

Through Microsoft Authenticator, the user must receive and insert a code on the web that arrives at a device when they log in to another for the first time. A system similar to that used by many banking entities to confirm operations.

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The application was already available and will now be updated thanks to the _feedback_ generated by users. From Redmond they have announced that with the following _update_ they will offer support for Account Backup and Recovery in Microsoft Authenticator for iOS."

This is a functionality that is already being tested in the beta of Microsoft Authenticator for iOS and with which the process is improved that occurs when we change devices, because with this new feature user passwords are maintained and we avoid having to repeat the verification process if, for example, we change phones.

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By means of the Backup function the backup data will be encrypted with the personal Microsoft account and then be stored encrypted in iCloud so you can retrieve it from another device."

Microsoft Authenticator will bring this improvement to the general version of the application in the coming weeks and they have also announced that it will later also be available within the Android ecosystem , although there are no set dates for its deployment.

Source | Microsoft