Passkeys

Passkeys are in development at Apple to replace traditional passwords used by online services.

Announcement
The passkey feature was announced by Apple on June 6 at the 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference and uses the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) API through iCloud's Keychain. It is expected to be introduced as part of iOS 16 and macOS Ventura (version 13) and can be unlocked through biometrics, such as Face ID or Touch ID. Apple, Google, and Microsoft have pledged to support authentication standards set by the. Work on the previously-unnamed feature had been discussed a year earlier at the 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference but was not deployed in iOS 15 nor macOS Monterey (version 12) as had been suggested.