Tech company Apple on Wednesday announced that Apple ID users will be given a passkey with iOS (17 iOS17), iPadOS 17 (iPadOS17) and macOS Sonoma, which can be used to access their Apple IDs on the web. ID can be used to sign in. According to Apple, a passkey is a cryptographic unit that is not visible to you, and is used in place of a password. Passkeys have a pair of keys, which greatly improves security compared to passwords.
Permission to sign in to any Apple web property
According to the report, a key is public, which is registered with the website or app you are using. The second key is private, it’s only on your device. In addition, the company said that the update will allow users to sign in to any Apple web property using a passkey assigned to their Apple ID, and use it on the web in conjunction with Sign in with Apple. can be done.
will be available by the end of the year
Passkey support will be available for all supported devices later this year with the release of iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. However, users running the beta versions of iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma can test it from June 21 on iCloud.com and AppleID.apple.com.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 16 will upgrade to Wi-Fi 7 to improve the ecosystem experience and make it easier for Apple (Apple ID) to integrate hardware products running on the same local network. Currently, the iPhone 14 smartphone comes with Wi-Fi 6.
