<div>You would no longer need a password to access your Yahoo mail account thanks to a new update called Yahoo Account Key, the company has announced in a blog post.<br /><br />Instead of the traditional password punched in at sign-in, the app will use what's called the Yahoo Account Key feature.<br /><br />Account Key uses push notifications to provide a faster way to sign into email using your mobile device. <br /><br />Once a user has linked the Yahoo account with the smartphone app, they will receive a push notification upon trying to sign in on the web. The user just has to verify or deny the access on the phone.<br /><br />"Passwords are usually simple to hack and easy to forget. Account Key streamlines the sign-in process with a secure, elegant and easy-to-use interface that makes access as easy as tapping a button," the company said in a statement on Thursday.<br /><br />"It's also more secure than a traditional password because once you activate Account Key - even if someone gets access to your account info - they can't sign in," it emphasised.<br /><br />The app has been fully redesigned, Yahoo said, to make it "fast and responsive". Yahoo introduced the changes as it turned 18 this month. <br /><br />The new Yahoo Mail app is available in the Apple App Store as well as Google Play to all global users now. <br /><br /></div>
<div>You would no longer need a password to access your Yahoo mail account thanks to a new update called Yahoo Account Key, the company has announced in a blog post.<br /><br />Instead of the traditional password punched in at sign-in, the app will use what's called the Yahoo Account Key feature.<br /><br />Account Key uses push notifications to provide a faster way to sign into email using your mobile device. <br /><br />Once a user has linked the Yahoo account with the smartphone app, they will receive a push notification upon trying to sign in on the web. The user just has to verify or deny the access on the phone.<br /><br />"Passwords are usually simple to hack and easy to forget. Account Key streamlines the sign-in process with a secure, elegant and easy-to-use interface that makes access as easy as tapping a button," the company said in a statement on Thursday.<br /><br />"It's also more secure than a traditional password because once you activate Account Key - even if someone gets access to your account info - they can't sign in," it emphasised.<br /><br />The app has been fully redesigned, Yahoo said, to make it "fast and responsive". Yahoo introduced the changes as it turned 18 this month. <br /><br />The new Yahoo Mail app is available in the Apple App Store as well as Google Play to all global users now. <br /><br /></div>