Apple and Google also pledged to use the FIDO Alliance’s standard for biometric or PIN logins as opposed to passwords.

In a major move, Microsoft yesterday announced making passkeys the default for authentication of all new account users.

Despite that, Microsoft is touting the move as bringing its account logins a step closer to the ultimate ideal of completely ditching passwords. "As more people enroll passkeys, the number of password authentications will continue to decline until we can eventually remove password support altogether," the announcement says.