Google is readying password-sharing in the Google Password Manager

Passwords are great when they are kept to yourself, but sometimes, you need to let other people in on your account. This is why Google is developing a way to safely share your passwords with trusted individuals. Right now, Google is readying a password-sharing feature for its password manager.

Right now, this feature has yet to be officially announced. So, you want to take this news with a grain of salt. At this point, Google could change or shelf this feature at any point, so you’ll want to be cautious. In any case, there’s enough actual evidence of the function to be fairly confident that it will make it to the market.

AssembleDebug, via The SPAndroid, leaked this feature. It was discovered in version  24.09.12 (190400-610662703) of Google Play services. However, you won’t be able to access it without activating the appropriate flags. Even then, the feature is not functional. Google is still developing it. There’s no telling when the company will officially launch the feature.

Google is working on a password-sharing feature for Google Password Manager

Right now, there are still a few things that we are in the dark about with password-sharing, but they will be answered when/if Google launches it. For starters, we’re pretty sure that the feature will only be available for family accounts. This means that you’ll only be able to share your passwords with a trusted group of members. So, you won’t be able to send a password from your account to your friend’s account. Obviously, this is a safety measure.

When you access your password manager on Android, you will see a Share function button. All you have to do is tap on that button and choose to share it with other people and your family. One thing noted by Android Authority is the fact that we’re not sure if Google will share the actual password with the other user or if the password will just be used as a login method. Basically, whether the user will get a copy of the shared password or if it will be sent to the other account as a one-time affair just log into an account. That method is much safer, yet more tedious.

Another thing to note is that this method only works on passwords. So, if you’ve moved on to passkeys, you will not be able to use this functionality. Passkeys are completely different from passwords, so it makes sense that they’re not supported. So, if you are still using passwords, and you have a family account, then this feature could be very useful. Right now, we have no idea when Google will watch this feature, so you’ll want to stay tuned.

Flags:

Package – com.google.android.gms.credential_manager
Flag – Guards__password_sharing_enabled