Neowin News Feed for: Fido2

Microsoft Entra ID to auto-enable passkey profiles and synced passkeys in March 2026

Paul Hill — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:36:01 +0000

Microsoft Entra ID transitions to FIDO2 passkey profiles in March 2026, adding synced passkey support and new passkeyType schema for global tenants. Read more...

Big update coming to Android with new messaging features, Wear OS improvements, more

Omer Dursun — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:14:02 +0000

Google's latest Android release includes new messaging features such as Voice Moods, Reaction Effects, and smart home controls on Wear OS. Security is improved with FIDO2 passwordless login. Read more...

Facebook adds support for physical security keys for 2FA in its mobile apps

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:16:01 +0000

Facebook has announced that you'll now be able to use a physical security key for two-factor authentication when signing into its mobile apps. Both iOS and Android support the feature. Read more...

Microsoft: 2021 is the year passwords die

Usama Jawad — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:18:02 +0000

Microsoft has shared some statistics about the usage of passwordless technologies such as Windows Hello and Microsoft Authenticator, and has vowed to make passwords a thing of the past in 2021. Read more...

Microsoft announces public preview of FIDO2 support for hybrid Azure AD resources

Abhay V — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:16:01 +0000

Microsoft today announced that it is opening a public preview of support for FIDO2 security keys for Azure AD joined resources in the hybrid environment. It also listed new devices from partners. Read more...

Google goes password-less for some web services through Android, more to come

Abhay V — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:10:01 +0000

Google announced that it is bringing the ability to use fingerprint authentication to log into its web services on Pixel devices. The feature will soon roll out to Android 7 Nougat running devices. Read more...

Microsoft continues its push away from passwords with FIDO2 support for Azure AD

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the public preview of support for FIDO2 password-less authentication for Azure Active Directory, as part of its continued effort to move users away from passwords. Read more...

Microsoft 365 updates include major Cortana improvements and more

Rich Woods — Mon, 06 May 2019 15:30:14 +0000

On the first day of its Build 2019 developer conference, Microsoft announced a range of Microsoft 365 improvements, including FIDO2 certification in Windows 10, Cortana Skills Kit features, and more. Read more...

As the world moves on from passwords, WebAuthn becomes an official standard

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:34:01 +0000

The World Wide Web Consortium and the FIDO Alliance have announced that Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is now an official web standard, making a further push for the end of passwords. Read more...

Microsoft introduces another way to sign into your MSA without a password in Edge

Rich Woods — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:20:02 +0000

Today, Microsoft announced that beginning today, you can use FIDO2 security keys to sign into your Microsoft account in the Edge browser. It requires the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. Read more...

Microsoft unites Windows Hello and FIDO2 Security Keys to offer secure authentication

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has collaborated with the FIDO Alliance to offer a new Windows Hello FIDO2 Security Key feature. Currently, this feature is in limited preview with no timeline for a wider rollout available. Read more...