Google to roll out Passkeys support to Android, Chrome for better safety

Tech giant Google has announced to roll out Passkey support to both Android and Chrome for better safety.

Passkeys are a safer alternative to passwords and other phishable forms of authentication.

“They cannot be reused, don’t leak in server breaches, and protect users from phishing attacks”, the company said in a blog post late on Wednesday.

“Passkeys are built on industry standards and work across different operating systems and browser ecosystems, and can be used for both websites and apps”, it added.

Passkeys follow user experience (UX) patterns and build on the existing experience of password autofill.