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Android rolling out passkey transfers between password managers
Google announced today that Android now offers a system-level way to transfer passwords and passkeys between credential managers.
In the past, transferring credentials between password managers involved “downloading them into an unencrypted text file, which left them unprotected on your device.” Meanwhile, passkeys did not originally offer a transfer method, thus requiring you to manually “recreate them across multiple sites and apps.”
Android wants to solve these issues by offering an operating system-backed transfer method:
The screenshots above show the import flow for Google Password Manager.
At launch, the transfer experience is supported by Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden Password Manager, and Dashlane. Other partners can participate by supporting the Credential Manager’s Credentials Transfer API.
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