{"id":94944,"date":"2022-10-12T15:40:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-starts-rolling-out-passkey-support-for-android-and-chrome\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:40:25","slug":"google-starts-rolling-out-passkey-support-for-android-and-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-starts-rolling-out-passkey-support-for-android-and-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website\/app passwords with \u201cpasskeys\u201d that just require you to unlock your device.  Starting today, Android and Google Chrome will support signing in with passkeys.<\/p>\n<p>Google equates the experience of using passkeys to existing password managers, like its own, where you just confirm your device passcode\/fingerprint before saved credentials are automatically entered.  Similarly, passkeys are securely backed up and synced to the Google Password Manager to \u201cprevent lockouts in the case of device loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two features are being announced today for early adopters that enroll in the Google Play Services beta and use Chrome Canary, with a stable launch coming \u201clater this year\u201d:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Users can create and use passkeys on Android devices, which are securely synced through the Google Password Manager.<\/li>\n<li>Developers can build passkey support on the web with Chrome, via the WebAuthn API, on Android and other platforms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To create a passkey (1-2) on a compatible service, you confirm the passkey account information and then fingerprint, face, or passcode unlock your device.  Similarly, logging in (3-4) just involves selecting the right account and unlocking your phone. <\/p>\n<p>If you want to use sign-in to a desktop\/laptop with a passkey on your phone, this process involves scanning a QR code:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>For example, an Android user can now sign in to a passkey-enabled website using Safari on a Mac.  Similarly, a Chrome user on Windows can do the same using a passkey stored on their iOS device.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Besides the stable channel launch of these features, Google this year will also release an API for native Android apps so that web passkeys can be leveraged by mobile applications.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p> Passkeys created through the web API will work seamlessly with apps that are affiliated with the same domain, and vice versa.  The native API will give apps a unified way to let the user pick either a passkey, if they have one, or a saved password.  This shared experience for both types of users aids the transition to passkeys.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moving forward, on Android front, third-party credential managers will be able to support passkeys for their users \u201cnext year.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\">\n<figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixel 7 event: EVERYTHING Google is set to launch!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ovQ9og7rMas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website\/app passwords with \u201cpasskeys\u201d that just require you to unlock your device. Starting today, Android and Google Chrome will support signing in with passkeys. Google equates the experience of using passkeys to existing password managers, like its own, where you just confirm your device &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-starts-rolling-out-passkey-support-for-android-and-chrome\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101406,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-chrome-for-android-tests-a-faster-way-to-sign-in-on-websites\/","url_meta":{"origin":94944,"position":0},"title":"Google Chrome for Android tests a faster way to sign in on websites","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When using Google's password autofill option, you will have to tap far fewer buttons Google is slowly ramping up its effort in the password management department. The company's browser has always offered a simple and quick solution for storing and auto-filling passwords, but it has always lagged behind competitors who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":99278,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-use-passkeys-in-google-chrome-and-android\/","url_meta":{"origin":94944,"position":1},"title":"How to Use Passkeys in Google Chrome and Android","date":"October 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"These passkeys use public-key cryptography, so if they're involved in a data breach, they're useless to bad actors without your face or your fingerprint. Similarly, if your laptop or phone gets stolen, your accounts can't be accessed because you're not going to be around to provide the necessary authentication.This isn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95314,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-begins-adding-passkey-support-in-android-and-chrome\/","url_meta":{"origin":94944,"position":2},"title":"Google begins adding passkey support in Android and Chrome","date":"October 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Google has begun rolling out initial passkey support for Android and Chrome. In a blog post , the company said web admins can start integrating the technology into their websites through the WebAuthn API. Similarly, developers can download the latest to start testing the authentication standard within their apps. Google\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95108,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/death-to-passwords-beta-passkey-support-comes-to-chrome-and-android-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":94944,"position":3},"title":"Death to passwords: Beta passkey support comes to Chrome and Android [Update]","date":"October 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"enlarge \/ Please don't do this.Getty Images Big Tech wants to kill the password, with \"passkeys\" being the hot, new password replacement standard on the block. Passkeys are backed by Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the FIDO Alliance, so expect to see them everywhere soon. iOS picked up the standard in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"The passkey process works a lot like autofill. 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