You Officially No Longer Need Apple Passwords
Apple is already at the forefront of access key deployment, integrating access key generation and sync with its iCloud Keychain platform. You were already able to create passwords to sign in to the service directly on your iPhone, but that didn’t work in iCloud or your own Apple ID. A fix is in the works, but you’ll need a device running iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma to do so.
In fact, after the upgrade, you won’t need to do much. Apple will automatically assign a password to your Apple ID. Like a regular password, it will be stored in your iCloud Keychain account and synced across all your devices. This will work when you try to sign in to iCloud or any account associated with your Apple ID, including any “Sign in with Apple” options.
As shown in the screenshot below (courtesy of Twitter user @aaron613), you will be able to use passwords using the login button on the login page.
In case you’re wondering what the hell a password is: passwords are cryptographically generated keys that are unique to the account and device they’re generated on. They are supposed to replace passwords since there is nothing for the user to remember, and the fact that they are generated on the device means that they do not pose much risk of data leakage or password misuse. You can find out a lot more in our detailed guide .
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- Apple MagSafe Charger
- 20W Apple USB-C Power Adapter
- Anker Nylon USB-C to Lightning Cable
- Apple Lightning to headphone jack adapter
- AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
- Apple AirTag
- Continuous camera iPhone mount for Mac
And if you use a service like iCloud Keychain, the generated passkey is automatically saved to your iCloud account with end-to-end encryption so you can use the same passkey on all your Apple devices. Whether you’re using a Windows computer or an Android device, simply scanning a QR code from your iPhone will identify the passkey.