Here's how to use Apple's Passwords app, a central place to store all your secure logins across your devices.

How to use passkeys and verification codes The Passwords app supports two newer authentication features that improve both security and convenience: passkeys and verification codes.

Enter your phone number or email address -- the type depends on what the site is using -- and send it. The site then sends a verification code in the method you supplied.

Apple seems to have finally noticed the struggle, and in iOS 18.4, they’re rolling out a subtle but important fix inside the Passwords app: a countdown timer for verification codes.