From PCMAG · Will McCurdy · · 1m 20s
Android can now move your passkeys between managers
Switching password managers on Android no longer means wrestling with an exported CSV file.
In brief
Switching password managers on Android no longer means wrestling with an exported CSV file. If you have been putting off leaving your password manager, Android now moves your logins and passkeys for you, no CSV required. Originally reported by PCMAG.
Google unlocks the switch
Android users can now move saved passwords between password managers far more easily, and transfer passkeys across managers for the first time.
It starts in your app
Open the password manager you want to move to, tap the new import option, and Android scans your device for other managers you can pull from.
Tap, verify, done
Hit Continue and Android sends you to your old manager to review and approve the transfer. Verify your identity and the migration finishes on its own.
No more CSV exports
The old route meant dumping every login into a plain file and importing it by hand, a step that creates security problems of its own.
“there is no need to manually import and export your logins via a CSV file”
Built on an open standard
It runs on Credential Exchange Format, a FIDO Alliance spec built for moving logins between managers. Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden and Dashlane support it today.
Old phones invited
Anything running Android 8, released in 2017, or newer works. That matters as password managers go mainstream: 34% of Americans used one in 2023, and 63% of those chose a free tool.
The one thing
If you have been putting off leaving your password manager, Android now moves your logins and passkeys for you, no CSV required.
