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What is Google Advanced Protection Program? Link to heading

Google Advanced Protection Program (henceforth “GAPP”) makes a few changes to your Google accounts:

  • MFA is enforced for all logins
  • Harmful downloads are blocked
  • Only Google or Verified Third-Party apps can access your Google account data

Signing into a device that doesn’t support hardware MFA Link to heading

In my case I was unable to sign into my Nvidia Shield or Apple TV with my Google Workspace account after enabling GAPP.

There’s a few steps you need to take to get around this:

  1. Head to the Google Admin Users page, and go into your user
  2. Go to the Security tab, scroll down to, and disable, “Login challenge”. It will re-enable after 10 minutes.
  3. Scroll up to 2-step verification and click “Get backup verification codes”
  4. On the Google sign in prompt on your Apple TV or Android TV, select “Use 8 digit backup keys”, and enter one of the backup keys you just generated