Password and passkey portability between password managers arrives on iOS and Android

Both Apple's iOS and Google's Android now support direct, app-to-app transfers of passwords and passkeys between password managers without unencrypted or intermediate file exports — iOS via the system export credited to FIDO's Credential Exchange format,…

Two September 2026 reports describe direct, app-to-app transfer of passwords and passkeys between password managers on Apple's and Google's mobile platforms. On iOS, Ricky Mondello — an Apple password-management and authentication engineer writing personally, not for Apple — describes 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, and lists Apple Passwords, 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, DuckDuckGo, and Devolutions as supported apps. The post (2026-09-08) is advice rather than news: complete the bulk transfer on the existing device before upgrading phones, switch AutoFill to the new app, and treat it as the source of truth. Separately, Help Net Security reports (2026-09-10) that Android now supports transfers initiated in the receiving app, which hands off to Android to detect installed managers and request authorization in the source app; it works today with Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, and Dashlane. Google says transfers complete in seconds and calls the handoff secure without detailing the protections, and says more partners will follow but named none. The reports do not conflict — they cover different platforms — and Help Net Security does not state which format underlies the Android flow.

• iOS system-level export moves passwords, passkeys, verification codes, and notes directly between apps with Face ID confirmation and no intermediate files (Lobsters, 2026-09-08)
• Demonstrated transfer: 100 items moved from 1Password to Apple Passwords on iOS (Lobsters)
• The iOS transfer is credited to the FIDO Alliance's Credential Exchange format, first drafted May 2024 and now an open spec, running on iOS 26/macOS 26 (Lobsters)
• Apps supported on the iOS path: Apple Passwords, 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, DuckDuckGo, and Devolutions (Lobsters)
• The author recommends completing the bulk transfer on the existing device before upgrading phones, then switching AutoFill to the new manager (Lobsters)
• Android's flow is initiated in the receiving app; Android detects installed managers and requests authorization in the source app (Help Net Security, 2026-09-10)
• Apps supported on Android today: Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, and Dashlane; more partners are promised but unnamed, with no timeline (Help Net Security)
• Google says Android transfers complete in seconds and calls the handoff secure, without detailing the protections or naming the underlying format (Help Net Security)