As of this month, it’s now possible to put a shortcut to Google Password Manager on the home screen of your Android phone or tablet — here’s how.
Across Android and Chrome, Google has a useful service capable of saving all the different passwords you need for apps, services, and websites, and securing them with your Google account. To help maintain security between these accounts, Google Password Manager can create unique passwords for each account and even check if any of your existing passwords have been compromised.
Google Password Manager is very easy It can be accessed from the web As well as from the Chrome settings menu under “Autofill”. On Android, there is a complete applet available for Password Manager, provided by Google Play Services. Password Manager’s native Android experience is better than the web app because it allows you to use your device’s biometrics or lock screen to unlock your saved passwords. In comparison, the web app usually requires you to enter your Google Account password.
However, it is not easy to access the Android version of Password Manager. Your instinct might be to search or ask your Google Assistant for a “password manager,” but both will simply lead you to the web app. Alternatively, the normal way to access Password Manager on Android is to open a file Settings app , then head to Privacy existing. From there, tap Google Autofill Service Finally, choose passwords.
As of the most recent”google play system updateThere is now a much easier way to access Password Manager on your Android device. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that the Google Play services on your phone are up to date, and the easiest way to do that is to click on a direct link to it Play Store List from your device. According to the support page, you must be on version 22.18 or later.
Next, open Password Manager again, as shown above, and then click the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the applet to view the settings. On this page, you should see a new option for “Add a shortcut to your home screen. Clicking this will open a handy menu with the shortcut, which you can then drag to the desired location on your home screen.
Once you do that, you can easily access the Google Password Manager at any time by tapping on the new “Passwords” shortcut on the Android home screen.
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