Welcome to Highlight Week: Passkeys

Posted by Joseph Lewis – Android Developer Relations Technical Author, and Niharika Arora – Android Developer Relations Engineer

We’re kicking off Highlight Week with a deep dive into passkeys! This week we’re partnering with the Chrome workforce to function thrilling bulletins, insightful sources, and knowledgeable steering on methods to construct seamless and safe authentication experiences on your apps.

All through Highlight Week: Passkeys, we’ll share content material that will help you perceive and implement passkeys successfully. Count on technical deep dives, finest practices for consumer expertise, case research from profitable implementations, and solutions to your questions.

Here is what we’ll cowl throughout Highlight Week: Passkeys:

Monday, Nov 18: Get began with passkeys

We’ll begin off the week with sources that will help you start passkey integration. Try these sources to get began!

Key sources embody a fast video on passkey fundamentals, up to date UX tips for Credential Supervisor and passkeys, and an in-depth server-side implementation information. We’ll introduce you to the Identification hub, a complete useful resource for passkeys, passwords, Sign up with Google, authorization, and rather more.

Tuesday, Nov 19: Up to date passkeys developer guides

We’ll share up to date passkeys developer steering, together with migration guides, a brand new troubleshooting information, and extra. Highlights embody a information on migrating from legacy APIs to Credential Supervisor, technical particulars on FIDO2 attestation format modifications, and a troubleshooting information for frequent Credential Supervisor errors. 

Builders can even share suggestions via a passkeys survey to affect future enhancements.

Wednesday, Nov 20: New Credential Supervisor options

We’ll go over among the new Credential Supervisor capabilities, together with enhancements to autofill, single-tap sign-in, and the brand new Restore Credentials function. Key updates embody exhibiting Credential Supervisor outcomes as autofill strategies, single-tap sign-in, Sign API for Chrome desktop and a Restore Credentials function, which permits customers to conveniently recuperate their saved login info in case of system loss or upgrades, guaranteeing uninterrupted entry to their accounts. With Android 15, these additions streamline consumer authentication and reinforce safety, making it simpler for customers to handle and entry their credentials securely.

Thursday, Nov 21: Passkeys #AskAndroid

On Thursday at 9AM PT Highlight Week: Passkeys will function an #AskAndroid session to handle your most urgent passkey questions. We’ll additionally share case research with Tokyu and X, highlighting their profitable deployments of passkey authentication.

Watch the stay stream:

Friday, Nov 22: Be taught extra about passkeys

We’ll shut out the week with studying pathways for passkeys on Android and Chrome, insights from companions, and a brand new Compose pattern app for Credential Supervisor with Android finest practices and constructed utilizing Compose.

We hope you will be part of us in exploring these sources to learn to elevate your app’s safety and consumer expertise. We’re excited to share this journey with you!