Security made simple
Duo Mobile: two-factor login codes and push approvals
By Hafiz Rahman
Editor, tools and utilities
- Login passcodes generated on your phone
- One-tap push approval for Duo sign-ins
- Codes for third-party accounts that accept them
- Duo Wear companion app for Wear OS smartwatches
- Account activation by QR code or other methods
What Duo Mobile is for
Duo Mobile is the phone side of Duo Security's two-factor authentication service. Once a Duo account is protected this way, a second step is needed at sign-in, and this app supplies it. The listing points to people who already sign in to Duo-protected accounts as the main audience.
The app does two things in that second step: it produces passcodes, and it receives push requests that you approve with a tap. Both are covered below.
Login passcodes and push approvals
Duo Mobile generates passcodes that you type in at login as the second factor. The codes are produced on the phone, so the sign-in does not depend on receiving a text message.
For push notifications, a sign-in request appears on the phone and you approve it with one tap. Nothing has to be typed, which is the main difference from entering a passcode by hand.
Managing codes for other services
The listing says Duo Mobile can also manage two-factor codes for other applications and web services that use passcodes. These are third-party accounts, and you can add them at any time.
Duo accounts and third-party accounts can sit in the same app, so the codes for both are in one place.
Activating accounts and using it on a watch
A Duo account must be activated and linked before Duo Mobile will work with it. The activation link comes as part of Duo's enrollment process. Activation can be done by scanning a QR code, and the listing says other activation methods are available if you do not want to use that.
For Wear OS, a separate companion app called Duo Wear extends authentication to a smartwatch. The listing presents it as a way to approve sign-ins from your wrist.
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About this APK
The build we hold is Duo Mobile 4.124.0 (APK) for Android 12 and up.
- Version
- 4.124.0
- 4124000
- Requires Android
- 12+
- Target Android
- 17
- Package ID
- com.duosecurity.duomobile
- Format
- APK
- Malware scan
- Clean on 68 engines
- Permissions
- 21 declared · 4 sensitive
- Approximate location
- Camera
- Microphone
- Precise location
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- be5aa8a5436e997121e5e55e4ca7e0478448880914b9f94c242c5e4fdbe8d898
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