Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced to roll out support for a password-less passkey feature to all Android users using biometrics to unlock the user's WhatsApp account.
The new security option allows WhatsApp users to use their devices face, fingerprint, or pin security to unlock and access their accounts.
This update is available to all Android users, Whatsapp confirmed. This move comes in the wake of passwordless authentication by technology giants.
Passkeys were previously being tested by WhatsApp in its beta channel, but its now coming to regular users of the app on Android. There is still no information on support for WhatsApp passkeys on iPhones.
Passkey encryption is a step towards never having to save a password that could potentially be stolen in a data breach or compromised by phishing. (QNA)
