> The only way pass keys become a widespread thing is if they force the issue by removing password authentication, and I don't see that happening any time soon.
I mean, that's what Microsoft is doing here, no? They're changing their password manager to only accept passkeys, not passwords and to block off autofill functions. Granted, right now they're the only vendor to do this, but that's a pretty risky precedent to create.
It is massive in corporate. I think it's the most used authenticator. On the Play Store alone it's got 2 million app reviews, Google Authenticator 579 thousand, Authy has 86 thousand. The download count seems to stop at 100M+ so I can't compare that.
Microsoft is (re-)splitting their 2FA app from their Password Manager. The Password Manager is moving exclusively back into the Edge app. It will still provide autofill inside the Edge app. It may even get autofill (again) into other apps.
If anything this seems a move to get users to use more Edge than to use more Passkeys.
I mean, that's what Microsoft is doing here, no? They're changing their password manager to only accept passkeys, not passwords and to block off autofill functions. Granted, right now they're the only vendor to do this, but that's a pretty risky precedent to create.