Passkey browser support in 2024
All the major browsers now support passkeys, however biometric support is often limited to those browsers with tight platform integration e.g. Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android.
These browsers are known to support passkeys as of April 2024.
Safari - Uses native biometics e.g. TouchID for user verification.
Chrome - Note: TouchID based user verification is not currently supported.
Firefox - Whilst firefox supports the wider WebAuthn API, it doesn’t yet
support platform authenticators - i.e. the user will need to use a dedicated
authenticator like a YubiKey.
Safari - Uses native biometics e.g. TouchID/FaceID for user verification.
Chrome - Note: TouchID based user verification is not currently supported.
Note: Windows does not sync passkeys, instead they are stored locally.
Edge - Uses Windows Hello facial recognition or PIN.
Chrome - As above.
Firefox - Whilst firefox supports the wider WebAuthn API, it doesn’t yet
support platform authenticators - i.e. the user will need to use a dedicated
authenticator like a YubiKey.
Chrome - Fully supported, including biometrics & syncing.
Which browser versions support passkeys
Please see the caniuse page for version specific support.