Switching Password Managers in 2026
An Apple password-management engineer (writing personally) explains switching password managers via iOS direct app-to-app export, crediting FIDO Credential Exchange for passkey portability.
Ricky Mondello, an Apple engineer in password management and authentication (writing personally, not for Apple), demonstrates moving 100 items from 1Password to Apple Passwords via the iOS system export, which transfers passwords, passkeys, verification codes, and notes directly between apps with Face ID confirmation and no intermediate files. He credits the FIDO Alliance's Credential Exchange format (first draft May 2024, now an open spec) and iOS 26/macOS 26 for enabling phishing-resistant credential transfer between apps like 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, DuckDuckGo, and Devolutions. The post is advice rather than news, recommending bulk transfer on the existing device, switching AutoFill to the new app, and treating the new manager as the source of truth.
- iOS system-level export moves passwords, passkeys, and codes directly between apps
- FIDO Credential Exchange format (first draft May 2024) underpins the transfer
- Supported apps include Apple Passwords, 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, DuckDuckGo, Devolutions
- Author recommends completing bulk transfer on the existing device before upgrading phones
- Organizations
- AppleFIDO Alliance
From the original article
8 min read at rmondello.comImportant Note: Although I work at Apple in the password management and app/website authentication spaces, in this post I am speaking only for myself, personally. There is no “news” in this post or any kind of “inside scoop”. Please do share this post, but if I see “Apple’s Ricky Mondello” anywhere, I’ll be sad.
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