Apple to Launch Standalone ‘Passwords’ App in iOS 18 and macOS 15

Apple plans to introduce a brand new Passwords app in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15, reviews Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The Passwords app, which is able to function a substitute for third-party apps like 1Password and LastPass, will present an easier method for iPhone, iPad, and Mac customers to entry their saved login data.

There’s already a Passwords function constructed into Apple’s working methods, however it’s hidden within the Settings app and it may be a bit of troublesome to seek out for individuals who aren’t acquainted with it. Apple has been regularly introducing new password options, equivalent to storing logins and passwords, supporting one-time login codes, and providing password era choices instantly in Safari.

Like the present Passwords part in Settings, the devoted Passwords app shall be constructed on iCloud Keychain, Apple’s function that is ready to sync login and password particulars throughout Apple units. It would assist the entire options that Passwords in Settings helps, and it’ll additionally work on the Imaginative and prescient Professional and Home windows PCs.

The app consists of logins and passwords for web sites, Wi-Fi community passwords, and Passkeys, a function that makes use of Face ID or Contact ID to log into web sites as an alternative of a password. Information from the app might be robotically inserted into web sites and apps when a person logs in.

Apple’s purpose with the Passwords app is to encourage clients to make use of stronger passwords and keep away from repeating passwords for a number of web sites and companies. Apple shall be competing with longtime third-party password companies like 1Password, and the corporate does plan to permit clients to import their passwords from different companies.

Apple plans to unveil Passwords throughout subsequent Monday’s WWDC keynote occasion.