Passkeys, multiple devices and having no biometric reader

Hi there @Quexx

Any passkeys that you store in 1Password will be available whenever you unlock 1Password, just like your passwords are right now. You can use biometrics to unlock 1Password where those are supported.

I'll come to some other points below:

If that app also has a website and I want to login to that website on my computer (Windows PC). I have 1P installed on the computer. How do I authenticate?

Based on the above, you'd unlock 1Password like you do now (if needed), and that passkey would be used automatically to sign in on the website.

Let's say I register on a website on my Windows PC (e.g. 1P community forums) and choose passkey as login. I don't have a biometric reader nor camera on my PC (stationary PC) so I'd use Windows Hello pin I guess?

If 1Password is unlocked, then you wouldn't have to do anything. If it was locked, you'd need to unlock it first in the same way as you do at the moment. Essentially, saving a passkey in 1Password will work exactly the same as saving a password.

If I then want to login to that website on my iPhone when I'm out and about, do I need to authenticate via Windows Hello pin?

You'd unlock 1Password in the usual way.

As a kicker question, if I were to convert my 1P master password to passkey, how would I sign into my 1P app at all on my Windows PC where I have no biometric reader/camera?

If you had a valid passkey to unlock your 1Password account stored on your Windows PC, you'd need to use your Windows password or PIN to authorise its use. However, this wouldn't be part of 1Password, and would be something managed by Windows in that case.

Similarly, if you had a passkey to unlock 1Password on your iOS device, that would be authenticated using Face ID, Touch ID, or your device's passcode, because that passkey would be provided by iOS, not 1Password.

The short version of the above is:

• To save or use a passkey stored in 1Password, you unlock 1Password in the same way as you do now.
• To save or use a passkey outside 1Password, (including any passkeys you set up to unlock 1Password), you'll use your device's biometrics or password.

☞ Note that unlocking 1Password itself with a passkey isn't yet available, and is coming later in the year.

I hope that answers your question fully, but please do let me know if I can be of any further help. :)

— Grey