Google Chrome to soon add Passkey support: What is it, what to expect

Passwords seem to have become less secure than they once were in recent years. This is due to a number of reasons which go from users being fooled into giving up their passwords to attackers hacking company servers and credentials being breached. With tech giants like Apple, Microsoft and Google increasingly looking to gravitate towards a password-less future, the tech seems could soon be a part of the Google Chrome, the world’s most popular web browser.

A new Android Developers blog post has now revealed that Passkeys are being tested on Android and Chrome. “Passkeys are a significantly safer replacement for passwords and other phishable authentication factors.