Security News > 2021 > February > Google adds Password Checkup support to Android autofill

Google is adding support for the Password Checkup service to Android applications through the passwords autofill feature to warn users if their saved passwords have been compromised or leaked in data breaches.

The company initially released the Password Checkup Chrome extension in February 2019 to alert users when their saved logins are weak or affected by a breach.

Password Checkup was later added to the Google Password Manager to help you quickly check if your passwords are secure straight from in your Google Account.

"Whenever you fill or save credentials into an app, we'll check those credentials against a list of known compromised credentials and alert you if your password has been compromised," Arvind Kumar Sugumar, Android team Software Engineer, explained.

Autofill with Google only checks the security of credentials you've already saved into your Google account or when you are asked to save it by Android and you accept.

Once saved, the Password Checkup feature will check if the credentials you want to fill into a form have been compromised in any data breaches tracked by Google.

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