Ricky MondelloMay 3, 2023

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/technology/safety-security/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-password/

The beginning of the end of the password

We’ve begun rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms as an additional option that people can use to sign in.

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Show threadJin Wen

@rmondello The much-anticipated news has finally arrived for Google accounts, and I've started converting some of mine. Here are my initial thoughts:

The Good: Converting frequently used accounts is a breeze.

The Bad: For infrequently used accounts, the account recovery process (usually through SMS or Email OTP) is necessary before conversion. However, after recovering the account, there's no direct option to use a passkey. Instead, a password must be created first, and only then can a passkey be obtained.

The Ugly: If an account was set up with Google Authenticator a long time ago and it's no longer active on my device, converting to a passkey becomes impossible.

May 4, 2023 at 5:28amWeb