Android gets FIDO2 certification for passwordless login inloggen
The FIDO Alliance has announced that Android is immediately certified for the FIDO2 standard. This allows users of Android 7.0 or later versions to log in biometrically to apps and sites that support FIDO2.
After a Google Play Services update to Android 7.0 or later versions, support for FIDO2 is a fact, reports the FIDO Alliance. This allows users, for example, to use their fingerprint scanner or hardware security key to log in to Android apps or websites that support the protocol. Developers can give their site or app support for the authentication standard with the help of an API call.
The FIDO Alliance points out that with the arrival of certification for Android, the number of potential users for the standard is increasing enormously and that browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox already have FIDO2 support. “Now is the time for developers to free their users from the risk and burden of passwords and integrate FIDO authentication,” said Brett McDowell, the alliance’s chief executive.
FIDO2 combines the Web Authentication specification of the W3C with its Client to Authenticator Protocol. FIDO stands for Fast IDentity Online and was founded in 2012 to create an open and interoperable standard that should enable alternatives to passwords for online authentication. The standard was submitted to W3C in 2015, after finalization of the first specification based on UAF and U2F, in 2014.