Apple, Google, and Microsoft plan to offer the FIDO Alliance's passwordless tech on websites and apps, using fingerprint readers, face scanners, and smartphones
a perfect time to think about passkeys. https://www.apple.com/... @can : some dreams come true https://twitter.com/... @k8em0 : This is a true game changer in security https://twitter.com/... Barry Dorrans / @blowdart : Passkeys are here. Your device fido keys can flow to new phones. Your phone is now a fido key. https://fidoalliance.org/... Rob Leathern / @robleathern : “Apple, Google and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard ..will allow websites and apps to offer consistent, secure, and easy passwordless sign-ins to consumers across devices and platforms” https://fidoalliance.org/...
CNETIan Sherr
Context & Ripple Effects
Apple’s entry into the FIDO Alliance and its later Face ID and Touch ID passkey demonstration established its commitment to passwordless sign-in before this joint implementation plan. Google had already received FIDO certification alongside Samsung and other vendors, making the three-platform alignment a progression from standards work to broad consumer deployment.
The related coverage also described a FIDO credential manager designed to let people switch devices more easily. That portability is central to making biometric-backed sign-in viable across websites and apps rather than a feature confined to one device ecosystem.
First-order effects
Websites and app developers gain a common route to offer FIDO passkeys, while Apple, Google, and Microsoft can use fingerprint readers, face scanners, and smartphones as the sign-in interface.
Consumers using those platforms can authenticate without relying on a typed password, with their device serving as the FIDO key.
Second-order effects
A shared implementation reduces the need for services to build separate passwordless flows for Apple, Google, and Microsoft users, putting pressure on sign-in products that depend on password-based account recovery.
Credential portability makes switching to a new device part of the authentication experience, raising the importance of the FIDO credential-manager model described in the alliance’s passwordless vision.
Third-order effects
If websites and apps adopt the common standard broadly, authentication competition shifts from proprietary passwordless features toward trusted device hardware, credential management, and cross-platform interoperability.
The FIDO Alliance’s long-running certification effort becomes more consequential as the major consumer platforms turn its standard into a shared access layer for online services.
The trend: Passwordless authentication is moving from vendor-specific biometric features toward interoperable passkeys backed by major device platforms.
👉SUPER COOL! Important step forward in helping make us all safer online. Great work, @Apple, @Google, @Microsoft, @w3c & @FIDOAlliance! #WorldPasswordlessDay https://fidoalliance.org/...
With this very interesting @FIDOAlliance announcement today #WorldPasswordDay, I would like to make room for mini-talks, panel discussion etc with @andrewshikiar, @christiaanbrand, @timcappalli & @rmondello on stage. What's new & what is still missing? https://fidoalliance.org/..…
It's #WorldPasswordDay and we know passwords are the root of so many online hacks, so we're announcing a major milestone toward a passwordless future: working with all major device platforms to implement the @FIDOAlliance sign-in standard. https://blog.google/...
1 year later and we're getting closer to eliminating passwords! @Google is excited to announce @FIDOAlliance passwordless support across Android, Chrome & ChromeOS. https://blog.google/... #WorldPasswordDay https://twitter.com/...
“Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support for FIDO standard to accelerate availability of passwordless sign‑ins “Faster, easier, and more secure sign‑ins will be available to consumers across leading devices and platforms” https://www.apple.com/...
From Microsoft Authenticator App support for multiple accounts to enhanced security for remote devices, explore passwordless updates coming your way. Get the scoop: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/ ... #Passwordless #WorldPasswordDay https://twitter.com/...
“In a joint effort to make the web more secure and usable for all, Apple, Google, and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard” https://www.apple.com/...
“Apple, Google and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard ..will allow websites and apps to offer consistent, secure, and easy passwordless sign-ins to consumers across devices and platforms” https://fidoalliance.org/...