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Title: Android's 'Restore Credentials' Feature Will Automatically Log You In
To Your Apps On a New Phone

Link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/23...

Google is introducing "Restore Credentials," a feature that simplifies
transferring app credentials when switching Android devices to keep you
logged into your apps. The Verge reports: While some apps already did this,
Google is making it easier for developers to include this experience by
implementing a "restore key" that automatically transfers to the new phone
and logs you back into the app. [...] Restore Credentials requires less work
than the previous approach on Android, and can automatically check if a
restore key is available and log you back in at the first app launch. A
restore key is a public key that uses existing passkey infrastructure to move
about your credentials. Restore keys can also be backed up to the cloud,
although developers can opt out. For that reason, transferring directly from
device to device will still likely be more thorough than restoring from the
cloud, as is the case with Apple devices today. Notably, Google says restore
keys do not transfer if you delete an app and reinstall it.

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