Last week, Google updated its Password Manager service dedicated to users who have been facing troubles with their passwords.
The users using the Chrome browser can now utilize Google Password Manager's auto-fill option to enable the browsers to remember the passwords and keep them in memory of all the sites which the users are visiting, the company told in a blog post.
Earlier, users were allowed to add passwords to Google Password Manager only when Google used to prompt the user to enter the password; now, they can manually add passwords at any time.
Although Google is not yet comfortable with making Password Manager a standalone app, users on Android can now add a shortcut to it on the home screen. Customers can use their iPhones to generate unique, strong passwords for their apps when they opt for Chrome as the default autofill provider.
Additionally, the built-in Password Checkup feature on Android is receiving an upgrade of its own too. Beyond checking for hacked credentials, it can further highlight weak and reused passwords à la Apple iOS. Google is also expanding the compromised password warnings to Chrome users across all operating systems.
Last but not least, Google is launching a new "Touch-to-Login" to Chrome on Android that allows users to sign in to websites with a single tap after entering the credentials with autofill. It's worth noting that Apple implemented a similar feature in Safari with iOS 12.2.
According to Google's blog post, the latest updates and added features have been designed at the Google Safety Engineering Center, where the privacy and security experts work on creating a secured ecosystem for the customers.
The blogpost further stated, “Of course, our efforts to create a safer web are a truly global effort – from our early work on 2-step verification to our future investments in technologies like passkeys – and these updates that we are rolling out over the next months are an important part of that work.”
The announcement comes after Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report highlighted that compromised credentials accounted for almost 50% of data breaches.
