First spotted by the folks at, the latest beta update for Slack’s Android app introduces support for Google Smart Lock. The rarely used functionality first and is in use. The idea of Google Smart Lock is to hold your credentials in your Google account and easily pull them whenever it’s time to sign in. If you’ve only got one account, the process is generally instant. In Slack’s case, you’ll still have a one-tap way to sign in.
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Jan 11, 2017 Smart Lock for iOS provides enterprise-level and industry-leading security for your Google Account. Use it to sign in to your Google Account on your iOS device if your account is protected by a Security Key (a small device that serves as an additional authentication factor). Yesterday, as part of the company’s Google I/O dev conference keynote presentation, Google took the wraps off Smart Lock, a new password manager that makes logging into apps in Chrome or on.
It’s noted that users simply need to select a Google account to associate with their Slack rooms, and the information is then saved. Once that’s done, future sign-ins won’t require manually entering credentials or using the “magic link” that only kind of works. Of course, you’ll still need to manually handle any 2-factor authentication requests. Most likely, this functionality will arrive in the stable update soon. For now, users can join the beta. Smart Lock on Slack for Android – More on Slack:.
I did a lot of research and ended up purchasing the YubiKey 5 NFC and Security Key NFC from Yubico’s website. I was really excited to use them to better secure my account. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of Google’s iOS apps, the Bluetooth “recommendation” is an unstated requirement. Nowhere during the enrollment process for the Advanced Protection Program does Google say that their apps only support Bluetooth-enabled U2F keys when using iOS. YubiKeys only support Yubico OTP over NFC for iOS.
Google really should make an effort to detail its full compatibility, or in this case, incompatibility.