Chrome for Android remembers the username and password you enter into an email account or other websites and auto-fills the credentials next time when you visit. Chrome is already rolling out touch-to-fill for passwords feature and another feature related to password autofill on Android is being worked out by Google and the feature will allow the user to “Fill password from any origin” with new “Use other password” option.
In addition to already available, “Manage passwords” and “suggest strong password, Chrome for Android’s password bottom sheet to offer “Use another password” option. To see this new option in Chrome,
- Visit chrome://flags page
- Search for “Filling passwords from any origin”
- Select “Enabled” from the dropdown and restart the browser.
Visit any website and try to log in
With Touch to fill feature enabled by default in Canary, Chrome prompts to select an account
Select account for the username and password to be auto-filled, now tap on the password field and scroll horizontally and tap on the key icon and scroll down to the bottom to notice newly available “Use other password” option, select it, chrome will suggest a password, tap “Use password”.
Google offers this description for the feature flag: “Enabling this flag adds a button to the password fallback sheet. The button opens a different sheet that allows filling a password from any origin – Android”.
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