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Philip Michaels

Your Apple ID is about to kill the password in iOS 17 — what you need to know

An iPhone showing passkeys

Starting this fall, your Apple ID will double as the gateway to Apple's web services, as the company automatically assigns a passkey to Apple IDs for use with web-based logins.

The move will take place when iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma make their debuts later this year. Once it happens, you'll be able to login to Apple accounts on the web — think services like iCloud.com — without having to remember a password.

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