![]() Below that is a list of credentials saved to your account. The UI is similar to the one you’ll find at on the web with a card to initiate a Password Checkup. This will launch in a separate window and you’re free to browse the web as it’s open. Original 6/21: On Chrome 103 for Android, opening Settings reveals a new “Password Manager” menu item that replaces “Passwords.” Tapping now opens the Google Play Services-powered experience that is in the middle or rolling out a homescreen shortcut that uses a four-colored key icon. Accessing through Chrome > Settings is much faster than opening the Settings app > Google > Manage your Google Account > Security > Password Manager. The new stable browser release is still rolling out. Some users might already have it with version 107, but Chrome 108 looks to widely enable it. You’ll see a “New” badge in Chrome settings and tapping opens the experience powered by Google Play services. Update 12/2: After the official announcement in late June, Chrome 107 and 108 are widely replacing the Android browser’s native credentials list with the Google Password Manager. Go to increased prominence of Google Password Manager continues with the latest version of Chrome for Android replacing the browser’s built-in saved credentials list.Set up on-device encryption for your passwords on the Web/Android/iOS ![]() However, it’s not yet widely rolled out on the web and we’ve only encountered it in Chrome Beta (103, on Android). ![]() The “Set up on-device encryption” process can be initiated from either the Chrome desktop/mobile browser or Password Manager (website or built-in Android experience). Over time, this security measure will be set up for everyone to help protect password security. In a support article today, Google somewhat implies that on-device encryption will be the default approach going forward: User experience downsides include automatic sign-in no longer working on some services and Password Checkup requiring manual invocation. Google places a strong emphasis on making sure you have Account recovery options in place before using on-device encryption. Meanwhile, accessing passwords on a new device just involves signing-in (with secondary authentication) to your Google Account, while Sync must be enabled in Chrome. There are instructions today for enabling on desktop web, Android, and iOS. Google says that on-device encryption cannot be removed once set-up and can be enabled on multiple devices, thus doubling as a recovery option. “No one besides you will be able to access your passwords” as Google no longer has the encryption key, which is now stored on your device in a secure way. ![]() On-device encryption makes it so that “your passwords can only be unlocked on your device using your Google password or the screen lock for an eligible device,” like fingerprint, PIN, etc. Google then uses this key to access (decrypt) your passwords. The encryption key, used to access your passwords, is safely stored in your Google Account. Today, the Google Password Manager - found at and inside Chrome - offers “standard password encryption” where: Until then, the Google Password Manager is starting to offer on-device encryption so that “only you can see your passwords.” The technology industry (Apple, Google, Microsoft) ultimately wants to get rid of passwords with passkeys.
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