From gbhackers.com
Google releases a new announcement for Android users to authenticate the web-based google services in chrome for Android using a fingerprint instead of traditional password-based authentication and the feature called FIDO2-based local user verification for Google Accounts.
A password-based authentication protects billion of Android users but now its surpassed by the fingerprint-based authentication which is now available for on Pixel devices and the feature rolling out for Android 7+ devices and reach to users within next few days.
This new feature will increase the security from password-based attacks such as phishing on the web and reduce the burden from keep on remembering the passwords.
In order to provide high-level secure authentication for Google users, the new fingerprint-based authentication implemented using the FIDO2 standards, W3C WebAuthn, and FIDO CTAP.