How to use Google passkeys for stronger security on Android


Still signing into your Google account by tapping out an actual password? That’s, like, so 2022.

Now, don’t get me wrong: The tried-and-true password is perfectly fine, especially if you’re using it in conjunction with two-factor authentication. But particularly for something as important as your Google account, you want to have the most effective security imaginable to keep all your personal and/or company info safe.

And starting this week, you’ve got a much better way to go about that.

Go, go, Google passkeys

So here it is: Google just announced the first official availability of something called passkeys as a way to sign into Google services. In the simplest possible terms, using a passkey means anytime you’d traditionally be prompted to put in your Google account password, you’ll instead be able to securely authenticate yourself via your phone’s face identification system or fingerprint scanner.

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Why’s that so much better, you might be wondering? Well, I’ll tell ya:

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