{"id":249258,"date":"2026-05-19T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:55:19","slug":"google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Google could fix the absolute worst thing about passkeys on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android\">Google could fix the absolute worst thing about passkeys on Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android\">https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 04:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidcentral.com\">www.androidcentral.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"elk-43a21576-7dd8-47a7-aee1-1e90c2b21e09\">\n<li>Google is reportedly working on passkey import and export support for Android.<\/li>\n<li>Android users may soon be able to move passkeys between Google Password Manager, Bitwarden, 1Password, and other supported apps without rebuilding accounts manually.<\/li>\n<li>Google\u2019s solution appears to rely on the FIDO Alliance\u2019s Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-8a0ce60d-2c3d-4a7c-a745-8e268670ad78\">Google may finally be loosening its grip on passkeys on Android, which could solve one of the biggest headaches with the passwordless future it&#8217;s been pushing for years.<\/p>\n<p>At present, passkeys are secure and convenient in theory, but they&#8217;re a mess when it comes to switching ecosystems. If you stored your credentials in Google Password Manager and then wanted to move to something like Bitwarden or 1Password, you would need to rebuild your logins one site at a time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-8a0ce60d-2c3d-4a7c-a745-8e268670ad78-2\">That may finally be changing soon. Google is said to be working on adding support for passkey import and export to Password Manager on Android, according to findings from Android Authority. The outlet was able to activate a concealed interface that reveals tools allowing users to move passkeys between password managers that support them.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/c8t5znsqpd1648225513.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/c8t5znsqpd1648225513.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Passkeys were designed to supplant passwords. Your phone doesn\u2019t store passwords; it stores cryptographic keys that are based on biometric authentication, such as fingerprint scans or face unlock. Since the actual login secret never leaves your device, they are more resistant to phishing attacks and data breaches. For the last couple of years, companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft have been aggressively pushing adoption.<\/p>\n<p>However, while passkeys sync nicely within a single ecosystem, moving them somewhere else has been limited. Apple has already put in place ways to sync passkeys between recent versions of iOS and macOS, but Android users have mostly been left waiting.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"powered-by-open-standards-3\">Powered by open standards<\/h2>\n<p>Image 1 of 4<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"passkey import and export interface within Google Password Manager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jkofW794eFyy22ygKjh65P.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/><span class=\"caption-credit__credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Android Authority)<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"passkey import and export interface within Google Password Manager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PvzF8VMEjGxpbfBzfEg6XN.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/><span class=\"caption-credit__credit\"...<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google could fix the absolute worst thing about passkeys on Android https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-could-fix-the-absolute-worst-thing-about-passkeys-on-android Publish Date: 2026-05-19&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/skojkMPZ4yfSaUGjXUAXpW-2560-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,25],"class_list":["post-249258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249260,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249258\/revisions\/249260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}