Passkey Adoption · macOS
How high is passkey adoption on macOS in 2026?
100%
WebAuthn available
91%
Passkey-ready
92%
Synced passkeys
macOS passkey readiness in Mar 2026, with the preceding three months of history available below.
Passkey Adoption · macOS
macOS passkey readiness in Mar 2026, with the preceding three months of history available below.
As of Mar 2026, passkey adoption on macOS is measurable across Chrome (WebAuthn 100%, passkey-ready 90%, synced passkeys 86%) and Safari (WebAuthn 100%, passkey-ready 93%, synced passkeys 99%). Based on Corbado's passkey intelligence, these figures cover the last three months (Jan 2026–Mar 2026). On macOS, Safari stores passkeys in iCloud Keychain by default.
Safari and Chrome carry most passkey traffic on macOS. Safari is the default system browser and syncs through iCloud Keychain, which also makes passkeys available on the user's iPhone and iPad. Chrome offers the same WebAuthn surface but can also store passkeys in Google Password Manager, tied to a signed-in Google account.
In Mar 2026, Chrome on macOS had WebAuthn available to 100% of users and was passkey-ready (via Touch ID / Face ID via iCloud Keychain) for 90%, and 86% of created passkeys synced across the user's devices. Chrome on macOS can also use Google Password Manager for passkey sync and offers hybrid transport sign-in with an Android phone.
| Month | WebAuthn | Passkey-ready | Synced passkeys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| Feb 2026 | 100% | 89% | 85% |
| Mar 2026 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
In Mar 2026, Safari on macOS had WebAuthn available to 100% of users and was passkey-ready (via Touch ID / Face ID via iCloud Keychain) for 93%, and 99% of created passkeys synced across the user's devices. Safari on macOS writes passkeys to iCloud Keychain and is the reference implementation for Apple's passkey stack.
| Month | WebAuthn | Passkey-ready | Synced passkeys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 100% | 95% | 100% |
| Feb 2026 | 100% | 93% | 100% |
| Mar 2026 | 100% | 93% | 99% |
No. Safari stores passkeys in iCloud Keychain, and Chrome stores them in Google Password Manager. A passkey registered in Safari is not automatically visible to Chrome on the same Mac and vice versa. Hybrid transport via QR code lets either browser use a credential that lives in the other manager, but there is no direct cross-manager sync.
Conditional UI shows passkey options inline with the username field when the user lands on the sign-in form. Both Safari and Chrome implement it, but Safari's rollout on macOS is tied to Safari version and macOS minor updates, while Chrome enables it more uniformly across active versions. That typically shows up as a higher conditional UI percentage for Chrome in the monthly figures.
Touch ID is the most common way Macs become passkey-ready. On Macs without Touch ID, the Mac's login password can authorize passkey use, and the user can also approve sign-in from a nearby iPhone or iPad via hybrid transport. The passkey-ready percentage on this page includes all of these cases.
The same three-month window for the other major operating systems, with their latest passkey-ready and sync figures.
Each percentage represents the share of macOS visitors in that month for whom the feature was technically available, not the share who actually used a passkey. Numbers are drawn from many sites so they reflect what the average Mac visitor sees today. Inputs combine Corbado's internal data with public demo and tooling surfaces such as the Passkeys Debugger. See the full operating system and browser matrix on the homepage.
