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Setting up sign-in with Google

If your organisation uses Google Workspace, people can sign in to Hives with their usual Google account. Turn on Sign in with Google in your hive settings, and a Google button appears on your hive’s sign-in page.

Who can do this: Admins.

Turn on sign-in with Google

  1. Open Menu > Admin > Hive.
  2. Stay on the Access tab.
  3. In the Login card, under Options, turn on Sign in with Google.
  4. Click Save in the Unsaved changes bar at the bottom.

Your hive’s sign-in page now shows a Google button. Turning this on doesn’t change who can join. That is still decided by Who can join. See Choosing who can join your hive.

How Hives recognises people

Hives matches a Google account to a Hives account by email address. So if someone signs in with Google one day and with an email code the next, using the same address, they get the same Hives account.

A few things to know:

  • It works for Google Workspace and personal Gmail accounts alike.
  • The Google account’s email address must be verified by Google.
  • If your hive uses Allowed email domains only, the domain of the Google email address must be on your list for new people to join. Existing members always get in.
  • When a Google sign-in creates a new Hives account, Hives copies the person’s name and profile photo from Google. Later sign-ins don’t overwrite changes they make in Hives.

If your Google admin restricts apps

Some Google Workspace organisations only let employees use approved third-party apps. If people can’t get past the Google screen, ask your Google Workspace administrator to allow Hives. Hives asks Google only for people’s basic profile: name, email address and profile photo.

Common questions

Someone gets “This sign-in method is not enabled for this hive”. Why?

Sign in with Google is turned off. Turn it on and click Save.

Can people still use an email code?

Yes, if Email code is also turned on. You can offer any mix of Google, Microsoft and email code. See Hive settings: access, sign-in and the login page.

More help for people signing in: Trouble signing in.