Challenged by having to remember an enormous amount of passwords to access your digital subscriptions or services? Google's Password Manager has offered invaluable assistance. Accessing this could be a pain for most. Prior to a recent Google Play Services update, users had to go to the "Privacy" section of on the Android Settings menu to seek an option to launch the software.
Password Manager saves all the different passwords you need for apps, services, and websites, securing them with your Google Account. To help maintain security between these accounts, Google Password Manager is able to generate unique passwords for each account and even check whether any of your existing passwords have been compromised.
How to Add Password Manager to Home Screen
But with the recent update, users can now add the Google Password Manager to their phones' or tablets' home screens. Once you've downloaded and installed the latest Google Play Services update (22.18), open the Android Settings app, then go to the Privacy section and enable "Autofill service from Google," then tap "Passwords."
This will launch the Google Password Manager. You should then tap the gear icon at the top of the interface to open settings menu. You should then discover an option that says "Add shortcut to your home screen."
After completing the process, you can conveniently access Google Password Manager at any time by tapping the new "Passwords" shortcut on your Android home screen.
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This simple process isn't as straightforward as it is intended, but Google is making it easier to see and modify your passwords and is also making it simpler to change them when needed.
Google Password Manager is likewise easily accessible from the web by navigating Chrome's settings menu under "Autofill." Over on Android, there's a full Password Manager applet, provided by Google Play Services.
This Android-native experience for Password Manager is seen as providing a better user experience than the web app because it lets you use your device's biometrics or screen lock to unlock your saved passwords. On the other hand, the web app requires users to enter their Google Account password.
Other Enhancements in Latest Google Play Update
The latest Google Play system update also delivers critical bug fixes for account management and diagnostics-related services, XDA Developers revealed. After receiving the new update, you should be able to find a handful of new features in the Play Pass and Play Points programs. The release likewise optimizes the Play Store download routines.
Other improvements to Google Play is the Play-as-you-download feature wherein gamers can start playing mobile games while the app download continues to lessen waiting time.
It also offers optimizations that allow faster and more reliable download and installation, improvements to Google Play Billing, enhancements to Play Protect to maintain device safety, and other performance optimizations, bug fixes and improvements to security, stability and accessibility.
