All recent stable releases of Google Chrome for Windows, macOS, and Android now support Passkeys, the newest biometric authentication standard that aims to replace passwords.

At the time of the release’s announcement in the Chromium blog, Google reaffirmed the widespread opinion in the tech community that passwords are insecure because of data leaks, phishing attacks, and the widespread use of weak, easily-guessed passwords rather than strong, randomly generated ones stored in a password manager.

Starting on, Chrome on Android will sync passwords with Google Password Manager or any password manager.

Passwords of the Future

Passkeys coexist with other security concepts like Zero Trust and multi-factor authentication, which either supplement or replace the use of passwords. Because they were designed to work with iOS, they are native to iOS devices.

Passwords saved on nearby mobile devices may be used with desktop login requests in Google Chrome, just as they can with iOS.

Google stated this was feasible in its announcement blog post because passkeys were built in accordance with “industry standards” developed in conjunction with the FIDO Alliance and W3C. However, the company did not provide any additional details.

While passkeys originally appeared in Chrome Canary, the company’s experimental browser for programmers and early adopters, in October 2022, Chrome 108 is the first stable edition to have them.

Without totally eliminating passwords, 1Password and Bitwarden have upgraded to the new standard.

The ability to exert one’s will is a major selling point for passkeys. Password managers have been more popular in recent years for the same reason that it is necessary to keep track of the passkeys for your user accounts: to guarantee that users can maintain online security even if they can’t readily recollect their authentication credentials.

Therefore, Chrome for Windows and macOS now allows you to browse and organise all of your passwords in one place.

It will take some time for passkeys to become the standard form of authentication on the internet, as we have discussed at length before.

Although many web developers may not see the immediate need to handle passkey creation manually, the recent deliberate effort from major tech firms to allow passkey storage may change the tide by 2023 and beyond.