"Google Launches Passkey Support for Developers on Android and Chrome"

Google has announced the launch of passkey support for developers on Android and Chrome as part of an effort to increase the adoption of passkeys. Passkeys are an industry standard aimed at removing passwords used for online authentication. Google, Apple, and Microsoft all announced plans to support passkeys in May, with Apple debuting its addition of the technology in Safari. Passkeys seek to address the issue of passwords being vulnerable to hacking and difficult for users to manage. A passkey allows a user to sign into a website or application without entering a password. To sign into a website on their computer, they will need to have their phone nearby. They will be prompted to unlock their phone for access, according to Sampath Srinivas, Google's product management director for secure authentication. The user will not need their phone after that, and they can sign in by simply unlocking their computer. The passkey technical standards are vendor-agnostic and were developed by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. Google's announcement enables two capabilities as passkeys can now be created and used on Android devices, and developers can build passkey support on the web with Chrome through the WebAuthn Application Programming Interface (API), Android, and other platforms. This article continues to discuss the idea behind passkeys and Google's launch of passkey support for developers on Android and Chrome. 

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