Managing and remembering passwords is a problem for many people. We use more and more services and, as you know, it is not advisable to use a common password for all of them. As soon as someone guessed it, they would have full access to all protected services under the same credentials.
With the Google password manager for Android, you can generate and protect your passwords in your Google account, storing the access data for different sites and making them accessible through other devices and browsers. Of course, this tool will also allow us to eliminate possible problems with passwords stored on the mobile that we find in our day to day.
The Google password manager
Google’s password manager app for Android syncs with Chrome to save all user passwords and site information. In addition, it supports the auto-complete function to easily access our account without constantly entering the credentials. In addition, with this tool, quite hidden from our sight, you can also verify the strength of the passwords to avoid a data breach.
The tool has always been available as an extension in the Chrome browser and you can access it from any computer by clicking on this link . However, it is currently available in the Google application on our mobile. To find it you must follow the following route:
Settings> Google> Manage your Google account> Security> Password manager
Save passwords or not
Google allows users to remember their passwords or not. Allowing it will allow you to automatically connect to different websites and applications during the next login. Once inside the Password Manager, click on the settings button and enable or disable the option to save passwords.
What saved passwords look like on Android
App passwords on Google are optional. On the same screen of the Password manager Scroll down to see the sites that you have allowed to remember your access data. If you click on the Settings button, you will discover the apps or websites that have been rejected and that you have not allowed to remember your credentials.
Enable automatic login
Secondly, on the same Android Password Manager configuration screen, you will find the option to automatically log in to those sites where you have decided to remember your passwords. Of course, you will be asked for your confirmation each time you want to use your data saved on a certain web page.
Password problems
Is my password at risk?
Google’s own app lets you know if some of your passwords have been exposed to different security problems and, in addition, it allows you to change the weakest ones. Follow the path:
Settings> Google> Manage your Google account> Security> Password manager> Password review
Enter your screen lock pattern or fingerprint and locate all the problems that your credentials may suffer, with special attention to the section on compromised passwords.
Chrome doesn’t offer to save passwords
The fact that the automatic message does not appear when you are completing a form to save the access data does not mean that you cannot store them. Simply open Google Chrome on your mobile, enter your information on the website where you want to save the password and, to the right of the address bar, click on the key icon and select Save .
If you don’t see the key icon, clear the password and then try signing in again.
The web or the app does not suggest passwords
If Chrome or a certain App does not offer you the password that you saved at the time, when you enter the user email you will be offered the opportunity to directly access the Android password manager to check if it is stored or not, and check if it suffers any issue.
I don’t remember the password, how do I see it?
If you can’t get your phone to show the default password and you don’t remember it, you can always access the Android password manager with your credentials and click on the service or website you want to access, by clicking on the “eye” icon in the password field, see your password.
Settings> Google> Manage your Google account> Security> Password manager> App or service
