Google introduces password sharing for members of the family

Google’s Password Supervisor now permits password sharing, albeit in a restricted method with members of the family, Android Authority has reported. “With this new characteristic, now you can securely share your passwords with your loved ones group in Google Password Supervisor. If you share a password, your loved ones members will obtain a duplicate of it of their Google Password Supervisor, prepared for use,” Google wrote in a support document.

Google first introduced the characteristic in February 2024 as a part of Safer Web Day, but it surely’s lastly rolling the characteristic out as a part of its Could 2024 Google Play Providers replace v24.20. Password sharing is strictly restricted to members of a household group, so you may have to create one and add any members to make use of it.

For those who do have a household group, a “share” button ought to seem as an possibility in Google’s Password Supervisor. Nevertheless, Android Authority famous that the characteristic might not but be enabled within the desktop model of Chrome.

Earlier, Google wrote about potential examples of utilizing it, like if “two members of a household are coordinating with daycare by way of a single account, or a toddler is letting a guardian entry their college assignments.”