Web browsers are still predominantly driven by Google Chrome across the board. This is due to its integrated Google password manager and history sync across devices. In addition, the variety of extensions is also a plus point. Security is a resource to be mentioned as, like with Safari, Chrome puts it at the top with passkey auth ready for lots of users.
Chrome uses Google Password Manager (GPM) behind the scenes, and Chrome stores and auto-fills user credentials using Google Password Manager. Normally, GPM will require to be unlocked using a biometric feature before it can fill the passwords for third-party apps. This option can be enabled in “Settings → Passwords, passkeys & autofill → Google → Preferences. However, this does often get overridden in Chrome as it is tied into the Google ecosystem.
A few weeks ago, Google rolled out some changes that make it easier to create a passkey in GPM. You can now set up passkeys from the Other Android phone. Furthermore, Chrome feature researcher @Leopeva64 found that Google may finally let users sign in to websites using biometric authentication just like they can use when logging into apps.
Another flag in the Chrome Canary version forces biometric verification to autofill passwords. This one tells the browser to trigger fingerprint prompts only if we are not in a trusted location. This change is being made to simplify and improve security, especially when on public Wi-Fi networks.
Although it was available before, this flag has mysteriously disappeared Rival browsers on the other hand tend to completely bypass those system settings for autofill requests. These changes will hopefully to hit the stable build soon.
