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jimlongo
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5 months ago

Passkeys, so many clicks

I was under the impression that a biometric sign-in (desktop - fingerprint) would immediately be available.  Instead there's more clicks than it's worth.  I'd be better off just entering the password...
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1P_Dave
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5 months ago

Hello jimlongo​! 👋

Welcome to the community! When and how Google will ask for a passkey depends on how their developers designed the sign-in process. One option that might help is to enable the "Skip password when possible" setting for your Google account. You should be able to find it here: 

  1. Sign in to your Google account and open account settings.
  2. Select Security & sign-in.
  3. Under "How you sign in to Google," turn on Skip password when possible.


On my end, I'm prompted for my passkey right away and I don't see the password option unless I clikc "Try another way". I hope that helps. 

-Dave

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    jimlongo
    New Contributor
    5 months ago

    Thanks, those are the settings I have.

    Maybe because it's a googleWorkspace it's different.

    I just tried with a rarely used personal email account it seems easier.

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      1P_Dave
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      5 months ago

      jimlongo​ 

      Thanks for the reply. This might be behavior that is configurable by your Google Workspace admin and I recommend reaching out to them. 

      Let me know if I can provide any other information from the 1Password end of things. 

      -Dave