Google enables passkeys, FIDO Alliance-developed cryptographic keys that require a preauthenticated device, on all accounts, to eventually replace passwords
you can now switch to passkey-only Adam Rowe / Tech.co : Your Google Account Doesn't Need a Password Anymore Luke Mandato / MobileSyrup : Dashlane is exploring password-free logins with device authentication Jeff Burt / The Register : Go ahead, forget that password. Use a passkey instead, says Google Paul E King / Pocketables : Google rolling out Passkey support enabling a passwordless dystopia in which losing your phone means resetting all your passwords (or not) Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Google Announces Support for Account Passkeys Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo : Google Rolls Out Passkeys to (Eventually) Kill Passwords Paul Sawers / TechCrunch : Google now lets you access your account with passkeys rather than passwords LinkedIn: Sean Frazier : One more domino to fall. the latest chapter in the “killing the password” saga. — #killthepassword — https://blog.google/... Mark Wenberg : A little less than a year ago I posted here about Apple's official announcement that they would be supporting Passkeys beginning with iOS 16, macOS Ventura, etc. … Steve Turner : This is so exciting, one of the biggest consumer services (Google) has adopted cross platform passkeys. … Mastodon: Jared Newman / @Newmy@writing.exchange : Like, I'm a nerd, I get it, the idea is you use your computer or whatever to deauthorize the lost phone and set up a new one. But, A) Some people's only device is a phone B) It's not impossible for all your devices to get lost/stolen at once C) … Tweets: Christiaan Brand / @christiaanbrand : After about a decade's work on this problem, I'm so happy bring this to our billions of users today. https://blog.google/... Passwords are dead. May we never have to see them, remember them, or type them. Sundar Pichai / @sundarpichai : We've started rolling out support for passkeys that let users sign in to our products with a fingerprint, a face scan or a screen lock PIN. Starting today, this will be available as an option for Google Account users. https://blog.google/... Ricky Mondello / @rmondello : Huge day for passkeys! Starting today, you can set up a passkey for your Google account. At this stage of the industry-wide transition, setting up a passkey doesn't invalidate your password, so it's 100% safe to set up. https://blog.google/... Kent Walker / @kent_walker : We're celebrating #WorldPasswordDay by enabling *passkey* sign-in on our platforms. Now you can sign in to your Google Account across your devices—no password required. https://blog.google/... https://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Typing in text is hard no matter what the field is. I can't tweet without typos (had to redo this one!) and even with a password manager passwords are a pain. So let's get rid of passwords. https://blog.google/... https://twitter.com/... Raj Sarkar / @rajsarkar : As usual Google hijacking world password day - typical outbound fury from Google announcing it a day early speculating other news 👏 https://twitter.com/... Lily Hay Newman / @lilyhnewman : Today Google is launching passkeys for all personal accounts...you can try it out right now. There are some other companies that have done this, including PayPal, but for a lot of people this will be the first time they make a passkey https://www.wired.com/... Mark Risher / @mrisher : Big news today! You can now create & use passkeys on your @Google Account for passwordless sign in. It's a big step in a cross-industry effort that started 10+ years ago, bringing us towards a safer, more convenient, passwordless future #WorldPasswordDay https://security.googleblog.com/ ... Robert Stephens / @rstephens : Bigly news. All Mac and iOS devices fully support this. This will make your life 100x easier https://security.googleblog.com/ ...
Context & Ripple Effects
Google had already tested passkey sign-in in Android and Chrome; this expands that earlier beta-stage support into a Google Account option. The significance is Google moving the FIDO credential model from platform-level availability to a core account-security workflow.
The rollout is an early step in a longer migration rather than an immediate password cutoff. Google later began prompting account holders to create passkeys by default, while subsequent coverage still identified usability friction in the passkey experience.
First-order effects
- Google Account holders can choose a device-authenticated passkey for sign-in and, where they switch to passkey-only use, reduce dependence on a memorized password.
- Google makes its account-access flow a large-scale deployment point for the FIDO Alliance’s cryptographic credential model.
Second-order effects
- Device enrollment, recovery, and cross-device access become more consequential parts of account security, because the sign-in credential depends on a preauthenticated device.
- The move raises the practical value of passkey support among identity providers, browser and device platforms, and password-management products seeking to remain compatible with users’ primary account credentials.
Third-order effects
- If account providers keep making passkeys the default path, authentication competition shifts from password storage toward control of device trust, recovery, and interoperable credential syncing.
- The trajectory is toward passwordless access, but the later reported UX gaps indicate that passwords may persist as a fallback until recovery and cross-platform use are consistently workable.
The trend: This is one step in the major-platform shift from knowledge-based passwords toward device-backed, standards-based account authentication.