Credential Manager is not a sexy name, but it will let you log in to multiple accounts with your face or thumb.
Android users can finally join the realm of the easy login life. Google revealed Monday that Credential Manager will arrive on Android devices beginning Nov. 1, ushering in the next phase of the company’s conversion to passkeys. This also means Android users will finally have the iPhone’s FaceID-like unlocking mechanisms available for authentication across the platform. Google has been pushing users toward passkeys since it announced the switchover at its developer conference in the spring.
The Credential Manager that Google is rolling out will help manage all those different login methods on your Android device—from Google apps to third-party ones. Perhaps it’ll inspire an iOS-like security flow where all you have to do is look into the front-facing camera to drop cash on in-game purchases carelessly. For a while, I preferred using the iPhone to watch TikTok Lives because I could use Apple’s FaceID to re-up on coins.
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