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As a digital nomad the SMS 2FA auth is a constant pain in the butt. I'm not fron the US so Google Fi is a non-starter for my case. My current setup is to use A
by vertis 5y ago
As a digital nomad the SMS 2FA auth is a constant pain in the butt. I'm not fron the US so Google Fi is a non-starter for my case.
My current setup is to use Airalo for e-sims to get data access and Devyce to get a virtual UK phone number that can receive SMS messages. I do have a Google Fi number, which I can access the SMS messages via the web interface, but I haven't found it to be particularly useful (It predates Devyce).
The Devyce mobile app is a bit clunky, but it's heading in the right direction and it's been capable of both making calls and receiving text messages.
I would pay quite a bit for a service where it just worked globally, even with varying data restrictions and costs per region (within reason). Unfortunately most roaming seems focused on extracting the most amount of money out of the short-term traveller as possible.
I also can't understand why operators like Vodafone don't use their global clout to outperform in this regard.
- cft 5y agoOP here. I am now thinking of porting my US number to Twilio and configuring everything manually. I wonder if that's available for your country too. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223179348-Porting-a-Phone-Number-to-Twilio https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223179348-Porti...
- moltar 5y agoI use OpenPhone.co for this. Great polished UI, and ok mobile app. The only downside is some services do not respect virtual numbers, notably Amazon. But the same issue would be with Twilio.
- vertis 5y agoI haven't had that problem with Devyce, all the SMS messages I'm expecting seem to come through. I had also heard about Twilio limitations which is what stopped me from using it (haven't tried so can't confirm). Edit: OpenPhone.co looks interesting