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Google now gives you Android notifications when new devices log into your accounts

Image: GoogleGoogle is moving more of its security-related prompts to smartphone notifications, instead of traditional channels such as email and SMS.Rather than receiving an email alert from Google when a new device has been used to login to a Google account, Android users can expect to see a native notification on their smartphone asking whether they have just tried to sign in.From there, the user can tap the notification to review account activity and take action to secure their account if necessary.

Google adds native Android notifications to tell you when new devices access your account

If you have a Google account, you may well have seen email notifications giving you a heads-up when a new device accesses it for the first time.It's a security feature, of course, intended to keep users aware of potential unauthorized access to their accounts.That's handy, but it lacks the immediacy needed to deal with a situation in which someone might have gained access to your account without permission.

Android will notify you when new devices access your Google account

Android users will now get a notification if a new device is added to their Google account, replacing the email that was reactively archived before reading.Google says the new notification system makes users four times as likely to review their accounts compared to the email, which means a breached account could be rapidly identified and save you a bunch of time on the phone with your bank trying to defeat an automated system to get to a human.A quick tap on the alert will let you view the type of device, its IP address, and when and where it logged in to your account.