iOS18 is becoming a huge update, especially if you have an iPhone15Pro, while Android15 will be a step-by-step update. Still, despite the gap in what comes to both platforms at the end of the year, there is only one feature in iOS 18 that Android definitely needs to steal — Apple's new password manager app.1

Password management is not new to both Apple and Google platforms. Both companies have the tools to save passwords for you and take advantage of them to log you back to the right account when needed, both are also pretty well hidden in the various settings menus, but with iOS18 you can see that Apple provides its own official app to password for the first time. You can also use the following methods: 

Plus, the upgrade they sound like makes it significantly more convenient is something Google needs to take note of.

The big thing about iOS18's password manager is that it's not just a password manager. Apple also revealed that it will be a place to securely store a variety of information, including Wi-Fi passwords, passkeys, 2-factor authentication codes, and more.

Apple's WWDC2024keynote revealed a lot of details about how this app works, including the fact that it automatically syncs on all Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, and even the iCloud app on Windows. Even better, the app also includes a security alert, which alerts you about various issues that can compromise the security of your account. Examples shown include basic ones, such as weak or reused passwords, and examples of passwords being compromised as part of a data breach.

In themselves, these things are not really that special. In fact, there are countless apps and services that can do all these things and so on. The minimum thing a basic password manager needs to do is generate and store strong passwords for easy access. Some of them warn about compromised data in the same way Apple promises.

The main difference here is that Apple takes everything, including the authentication code, into a single app. It's not very common right now, but I think it might change in the future. But the most important thing is that Apple's password manager seems to be completely free to use. 

The best password manager offers a number of basic features for nothing, but you should start paying for the Premium subscription Theia more often. Multi-device synchronization was one feature I struggled to find without paying for it, and once I cave it became one of the most useful features in my password management repertoire.

Combining all of this means that Apple can easily make a dent in the active user base of many password managers. In particular, this password manager will be available on Windows devices.

Based on what we know so far, there's not one thing Apple's password manager does that Google doesn't provide in any way.1 The only downside is that Google does not integrate these features into a single product, and instead they are everywhere.

Indeed, Android users can pin shortcuts to Google's password Manager to their home screen in a way that Apple has never used to allow Password Manager is also a security of course to keep the weak repetitive and compromised password tabs. It all makes no sense if you don't know where it is or where it is. Because the password manager in Android really stands out only after you start looking.

Given the sheer number of apps Google phone makers are forced to include in every Android phone, you'd think someone would have thought of including a proper password manager app by now. If you want to create an app list where Google Docs, sheets, slides, etc. are required, you also need a password manager. Moreover, Google already has one of the leading 2FA certified apps, so there's no reason why you can't integrate everything into a single prominent app according to Apple's example.1 

It will certainly make life as an android user much easier. Especially if Google can introduce such a system to other platforms. Given Google's existing presence on Apple devices and the ability to offer specific apps like QuickShare on Windows, the multi-platform password manager also has

and it's a good idea that I, a longtime Android user, would like to have another subscription to a service that I don't really enjoy paying for. No matter how useful it may be to give up. I also assure you that I'm not alone.