SMS Protect: How to add a phone number to play Overwatch 2

You want to play Overwatch 2 when it’s released on Oct. 4, you’ll be required to enter your phone number as part of Activision Blizzard’s SMS Protect feature. Similar applies to Modern Warfare 2: Call of Duty when it’s released, and newly created Modern Warfare: Call of Duty accounts.

It’s not hard to do if you’ve got an eligible phone number — some, like numbers on pre-paid plans, don’t qualify — but Activision Blizzard hasn’t offered clear messaging on How players can do it. Here’s how:

1. Log in at Battle.net
2. On the site’s top navigation bar, click your account name. (If you aren’t already logged in, it’ll say My Account.) It’s all the way to the right.
3. Click the link in the drop-down menu. Setting up an account.
4. The navigation bar is left-side viewable by clicking the three lines in blue.
5. You can click here Account Details.

The third section down is where you’ll enter your phone number. If you’ve already got one there, you’re good to go. Click here if you don’t have one. You can add a phone numberEnter your code. Activision Blizzard will send you a security code that you’ll then have to enter on-screen.

If you need to change your pone number, you’ll click Update inside the phone number box. The next page will make sure you want to, and if you do, follow the instructions from there — the same as adding your number for the first time.