Apple’s AI – At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the company said its Passwords app will soon be able to automatically update eligible weak or compromised passwords—using Apple Intelligence and Safari—to turn a risky login into a strong one with a single
For anyone who has stared at a security screen thinking. “I should change that password. ” Apple just made the job feel a little less punishing. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. the company said its Passwords app will soon be able to update eligible weak or compromised passwords automatically.
“Now, you can automatically update eligible accounts to strong passwords with just a tap,” Beth Dakin, a senior manager on the engineering team for Apple’s browser app, Safari, said during the event. She described the system as one that would “agentically take action on your behalf.”
Apple’s framing is simple: users shouldn’t have to manually do the work every time a saved password is flagged. The company already alerts users when a saved password is weak. reused. or may have been exposed in a data breach. The coming feature goes further. allowing users to change a compromised password with a single tap on a blue button on the Security page within the Passwords app.
The mechanism matters because it’s built into tools Apple already puts on most devices. The Passwords app works with Apple’s AI, Apple Intelligence, and Safari to navigate websites, sign in, and upgrade passwords.
That “subtler” update—Apple’s term for it during its keynote on Monday—sat alongside flashier AI announcements. including a more advanced Siri. enhanced photo editing tools. and improved device search. Still. the password update carries weight precisely because it’s integrated into Safari and Passwords. two popular tools that are pre-loaded on most Apple products.
Apple also isn’t the first company to try automating password repair. Google said in 2021 that its Chrome browser could help change compromised passwords with a single tap on supported sites. At Google’s I/O conference in 2025. Google previewed a Chrome feature that can automatically change weak or compromised passwords on supported sites with user consent.
After Apple’s announcement, tech reviewer Marques Brownlee—who has more than 21 million YouTube followers—called the Passwords app update “super clever” in a video posted on Tuesday.
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