Google Chrome already warns you if you’re using compromised passwords, but going forward, it will help you change bad passcodes with just a tap.
“On supported sites, whenever you check your passwords and Chrome finds a password that may have been compromised, you will see a ‘Change password’ button from Assistant,” Google announced today at its I/O developer conference. “When you tap the button, Chrome will not only navigate to the site, but also go through the entire process of changing your password.”
To start, the option will be available in the US for Chrome on Android, if you sync your passwords. But Google says it’s coming to more sites and countries in the coming months. On unsupported sites, Chrome’s password manager will suggest changes you can make manually.
Google uses Duplex on the Web, a version of the company’s AI reservation technology, to power the new automated password changes. The Assistant started using Duplex on the Web in 2019 and it allows it to navigate to and from different webpages, semi-automating the process of finding and purchasing movie tickets and the like. That means most of the scrolling, clicking and filling out of forms that often comes with changing your password will be mostly automated if you use this new feature.
Automated password changes will roll out first in the US in Chrome on Android to those that use the web browser to store their passwords. It will be available to users in other countries, and across additional sites, in the coming months.
