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Forum Discussion
Passkeys versus security keys
I'm really enjoying passkeys so far. There is some confusion however:
For sites like Google and Microsoft, you can create passkeys that are real passkeys, i.e. they can replace your passwords
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1p_jac
1Password Team
1Password TeamHey leonardder
It's great to hear you're enjoying the open beta of saving and signing in with passkeys in 1Password! You're right in saying there's two "forms" of passkeys in a sense; The ones used to sign you in to your online accounts and services without a password or two-factor authentication, and the ones that are used as a second factor method alongside a password.
They are both the same passkey that are FIDO2 compliant, with some websites replacing the whole password and two-factor authentication journey with a passkey whilst some are just using them as an option for a second factor. This is a website naming thing and 1Password will support both for saving and signing in since it's the same underlying technology for authentication.
Our documentation will mostly refer to passkeys under the first point you have mentioned where they are used as an alternative to passwords. And you can also check out a full list of websites and services that support signing in with a passkey under your first point on our passkeys.directory website!
