Finally, Apple gave the manager of integrated passwords on iOS an appropriate redesign at WWDC 2024. Since data storage on the iPhone has become an important part of life almost all users, it was encouraging to see the company Add the application of passwords with iOS 18.
Although the application is rather simple, it is also one of the most important Apple applications currently available, especially if you do not count on third -party options, such as 1Password. That said, once you have authenticate your face with Face ID, you can use the password app to sort all your passwords, pass keys, codes, Wi-Fi connections and security alerts.
Apple will tell you if you reuse a code or if it may have been compromised in a leak. When iOS 18 was launched, we noted that it was missing the possibility of storing credit card information, which is now available in the Wallet application in iOS 26. Apple also addressed another problem in iOS 26 which might seem insignificant, but will make a huge difference once users install the new software update.
Save the history of the connection version of your passwords in iOS 26
As spotted by 9TO5MACThe password application records the complete history of the version of all your connections in iOS 26. With this, Apple tackled a major complaint that many users have had the application. For example, you can accidentally replace a password in the Password application without realizing it, or you can create a new password in the application and forget to do the same for the relevant site or service.
With the complete story of the version of all my connections present in iOS 26, iPados 26 and MacOS Tahoe, I can see the current version of the password as well as all the previous cases in which I changed the information.
This small but important functionality will facilitate monitoring of my passwords, codes and keys of pass, even when I change them. iOS 26 should be published later this fall, with an already available public beta version.
