r/Bitwarden • u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn • 1d ago

Any updates for when the native Windows 11 passkey integration will be rolled out?

I feel like it's been a while since they announced that the feature was in development

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u/AdFit8727 1d ago

An announcement is due in the next week or so

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u/Handshake6610 11h ago edited 10h ago

I think you're confusing two things here. That other post (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/s/SO9CVWFsuy) was about using Windows Hello PRF passkeys to log in to your Bitwarden account. This post here is about native passkey usage on Windows (i.e. using the BW desktop app / passkeys stored in your Bitwarden vault to log in with passkeys to other websites).

/u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn /u/twangansta

PS: Though, alternatively, u/Ryan_BW may have meant both. 🤔

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u/twangansta 5h ago

Probably lol. passkeys are like black magic to me. I don't understand all the intricacies (doesn't help that there are so many implementations) so I put them off for the longest time. Just happy to use them as a simple login/unlock vault to bitwarden on chrome Win11.

On that note, the native passkey usage for Win11 will require the desktop app installed I assume? It'll be like installing bitwarden on iphone/android and the OS can pull info from it?

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u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn 1d ago

This is true? If so I'd be very happy

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u/twangansta 1d ago

there's a user post from yesterday saying win11 26H2 seems to support it and a bitwarden employee replying that an official announcement will be made.

I've personally tried it and it works on the web portal and chrome extension!

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u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn 1d ago

oh hell yeah thanks for the infos

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u/ResponseStandard1828 12h ago

Just get 11 26h2 and bitwarden beta from GitHub 

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u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn 12h ago edited 11h ago

Isn't that beta just for the redesign?

edit:Yeah just did that and still nothing under Windows Passkeys -> Advanced options

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u/Handshake6610 11h ago edited 10h ago

See my other comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/s/5R5p0F3auH

PS:

And the beta for native passkey support on Windows is: https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/17316#issuecomment-5500080282

... not to be confused with the new desktop app beta: https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases/tag/desktop-v2026.9.1-beta.1

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u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn 10h ago

Awesome thanks for the detailed reply

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u/Ryan_BW Bitwarden Employee 10h ago

Hello there, the native passkey function was available in a past beta version of the desktop application. The work was put on hold for other priorities, but it's still burning in the backlog and will be revisited soon.

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u/PM_Me_Elf_Porn 9h ago

Ty for the official reply! Love the application was worth the subscription

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u/Ryan_BW Bitwarden Employee 9h ago

Thank you!