Instead of receiving an SMS, a QR code will be sent to your phone to verify your Gmail account. Google says it's moving away ...

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SMS remains a weak point in verifying logins and may be unavailable to you while outside your home country or region.

Google is aiming to dump SMS as a two-factor authentication method for Gmail and switch to a more secure approach using QR codes.