Apple has announced significant enhancements to its operating systems that will implement secure import and export capabilities for passkeys, building on the company’s ongoing efforts to eliminate traditional passwords. The new features match standards developed by the FIDO Alliance for cross-platform credential management, joining similar initiatives from Microsoft and Google in the push toward passwordless authentication.
The new implementation will enable seamless and secure transfer of passkeys across platforms, addressing previous limitations in transferring credentials between devices and applications. The system uses a standardized data schema developed by the FIDO Alliance to ensure compatibility between different credential manager apps across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 26. The standardization is particularly significant as password-based attacks continue to rise, pushing the industry toward more secure authentication methods.
