Google biometric support for the Android autofill feature was reviewed.

You can already use the #Google autofill feature to store passwords, email addresses, credit cards and other stuff, and place them in #Android and within Chrome forms for you. It now seems as if the tool is increasing its security.

As XDA Developers have found, Android code not already activated suggests that biometric authentication will soon add to the autofill functionality, so you've got to have a fingerprint or a face unlock. Cursors may currently use the details provided by autofill to access your Android phone or browser. You will log into websites, fill out forms with your details etc.

That is why it is so important to have certain kind of lock screen protection on a smartphone, because when you reach that point, you are who you say you are as far as the autofill feature and most apps are concerned. If it's official, this extra biometric security layer will make Google's autofill more compliant with third-party password managers; most apps need a fingerprint or face release before they release your data.

On the basis of the early code, it looks like biometrics can be used with toggle switches to both payment information and login credentials. The Languages & Input settings can be found in Android Settings in the System menu. It is likely that if the feature goes out, it will support Google's latest Face Unlock technology on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL that allows you to skip the lock screen with facial recognition.

This code is not evidence that the security upgrade for autofill is being carried out, but it certainly makes sense for Google to do so.

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Source: techradar.