Know what’s happening with Passkeys in 2025!!
google passkeys developer newsletter
Happy new year developers!
With this new year, we bring you some exciting updates on passkeys on Chrome and Android.
New Capabilities
Automatic sign-in with Restore Credentials: The Restore Credentials feature enables you to seamlessly onboard your users to their accounts on a new device when they restore their apps and data from their previous device.
Starting with Android 15:
Credential Manager will display results as autofill suggestions, including passkeys, passwords, and Sign in With Google.
Users can now create and use passkeys with a single-tap flow
Coming soon
Passkeys on Wear OS: Improving the user experience across devices.
Signal API to keep the passkeys on password managers consistent with public key credentials on the relying party's server.
Automatic passkey upgrade: Existing users with username/password will now be able to upgrade to use passkeys to sign-in next time without any additional hassle.
If you are interested in knowing more about upcoming features, please reach out to us.
Chrome
Google Password Manager now syncs passkeys across all platforms and devices: With an update to Chrome 132 on iOS, passkeys on Google Password Manager are now available across platforms where Chrome can be installed: Android, iOS/iPadOS, Windows (requires TPM), macOS, Linux and ChromeOS.
WebAuthn Level 3 features: A number of new features that are being standardized in WebAuthn Level 3 are being implemented: Signal API for passkeys on Chrome desktop, Related Origin Requests, JSON serialization, hints and getClientCapabilities.
Resources
Android’s Credential Manager sample (Shrine): We've published a credential manager sample app, which provides a reference implementation of the Credential Manager guidance for developers who want to authenticate their users using passkeys and password through Credential Manager API. This app covers our recommended UX guidelines along with Android best practices & Compose.
Passkeys on the web Sample: To implement a server for passkeys, you should rely on a library or a commercial solution. However, it's worth understanding what's going on under the hood. To that end, we published server-side guidance including sample code that uses SimpleWebAuthn. Check out our full working code and our live demo.
Passkeys hackathon: We ran a passkey hackathon in the Google Tokyo office. Nine teams showcased innovative projects, from a sophisticated passkey implementation with great UX to a smart door lock that opens with a passkey by scanning a QR code. Read the report to learn more.
Passkeys Week: Our second annual #PasskeysWeek campaign in November 2024 brought updates from Google, FIDO Alliance, and other organizations. Stay tuned for the next event in late 2025!
Questions/Feedback
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