Google’s next big thing: A world with no passwords for apps and websites

NEW DELHI: Google has announced that with the latest version of Google Play Services, the Android 7.0 and above users will not have to enter password into any apps or websites. The company revealed that it is using FIDO2 a standard developed by FIDO Alliance which require fingerprint or PIN to log in various services.
Any device running Android 7.0+ is now FIDO2 Certified out of the box or after an automated Google Play Services update. This gives users the ability to leverage their device’s built-in fingerprint sensor and/or FIDO security keys for secure passwordless access to websites and native applications that support the FIDO2 protocols.
Web and app developers will also be able to add FIDO strong authentication to their Android apps and websites via a simple API call, to bring ‘passwordless’, phishing-resistant security to a rapidly expanding base of end users who already have leading Android devices and/or will upgrade to new devices in the future.