Account authentication is one of those features that have become a must have for pretty much every single user. Android apps need to provide a variety of authentication methods because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up making signing in much easier than might have been the case otherwise for users.
Having an abundance of sign-in options certainly isn’t a bad thing, but in spite of the fact that this is the case many might prefer it if they had a simpler option to take advantage of. This many options can make things complicated for app developers since they would have to create a different interface for each one, so Google definitely had to come up with some kind of a solution that users and app developers would both be satisfied with.
With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that Google is now rolling out the new Jetpack API which will help developers to diversify sign in options and obtain credentials without the fuss of numerous interfaces to contend with.
This API will unify the various sign in methods that are at the disposal of developers, and that would make it a great deal easier for developers to get their apps up and running. One crucial upgrade that will come thanks to this API is that passkeys will be supported.
Passkeys are a new form of authentication that don’t require users to create passwords and the like. Instead, users can create passkeys and have them stored on Google’s own authentication manager. This will serve to make them far more secure, and users won’t have to remember them either since they can just let Google fill the information out for them in the given fields.
This new API will not get rolled out anytime soon, but when it does we are likely going to see a marked improvement in how easy it is to create an account. It will provide a seamless experience to users across the board.
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Having an abundance of sign-in options certainly isn’t a bad thing, but in spite of the fact that this is the case many might prefer it if they had a simpler option to take advantage of. This many options can make things complicated for app developers since they would have to create a different interface for each one, so Google definitely had to come up with some kind of a solution that users and app developers would both be satisfied with.
With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that Google is now rolling out the new Jetpack API which will help developers to diversify sign in options and obtain credentials without the fuss of numerous interfaces to contend with.
This API will unify the various sign in methods that are at the disposal of developers, and that would make it a great deal easier for developers to get their apps up and running. One crucial upgrade that will come thanks to this API is that passkeys will be supported.
Passkeys are a new form of authentication that don’t require users to create passwords and the like. Instead, users can create passkeys and have them stored on Google’s own authentication manager. This will serve to make them far more secure, and users won’t have to remember them either since they can just let Google fill the information out for them in the given fields.
This new API will not get rolled out anytime soon, but when it does we are likely going to see a marked improvement in how easy it is to create an account. It will provide a seamless experience to users across the board.
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