Apple Intelligence will automatically change your compromised passwords with one tap in iOS 27

Apple's Siri AI Will Automatically Fix Your Weak Passwords. Can You Trust It?

Worried about your passwords falling into the wrong hands? Apple's iOS 27 is here to help with a security update for the Passwords app. Introduced with iOS 18 in 2024, Apple Passwords helps create and store passwords while alerting you to passwords that are weak, compromised, or reused across multiple accounts. The app also allows you to manually initiate password changes for saved websites and generates strong replacements you can accept and save for future access. With iOS 27, Apple is using AI to automate the second part. Instead of manually changing the password for each website, you'll soon be able to visit the Passwords app's Security tab and let Apple's AI fix all your weak passwords with one tap. Based on the keynote demo, Apple Passwords will proactively list accounts with compromised passwords. You can then tap a Fix Passwords button at the top, after which the app will use Safari and Apple Intelligence to agentically sign in to those accounts and create stronger passwords on your behalf. The entire action takes place in the background. And as Passwords goes about its job, you'll see the status for an account change from "Signing in" to "Saving strong password," and finally "Security upgraded." The demo also suggests you'll be able to stop the process midway by tapping Cancel. Though we haven't tested the feature yet, we plan to do so when the iOS 27 public beta drops next month. For now, you can test it out on eligible devices by downloading the iOS 27 developer beta or wait until September for the stable version of iOS 27 to roll out. Hopefully, the codes generated by Apple will be more secure than those we asked Google Gemini to create. PCMag's Kim Key learned that chatbots generate passwords that look secure at first glance but are weaker than they seem and could leave your accounts vulnerable to brute-force attacks. All new Apple Intelligence features in iOS 27, except Siri's expressive voices and most advanced dictation, will be available on iPhone 16 models or later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad mini (A17 Pro), iPad models with M1 or later, MacBook Neo (A18 Pro), Mac models with M1 or later, and Apple Vision Pro. You can learn more about Apple's new AI features on our detailed coverage. Last year, Google rolled out a similar option for the Chrome browser. The feature builds on Google Password Manager, which can save and autofill logins to the sites you visit.

Apple's iOS 27 goes all agentic on compromised passwords, promises to change them with one tap

Apple says that its next-gen operating system will allow users to update their weak and compromised passwords with a single tap. Upgrades coming to iOS 27, announced at Tim Cook's last Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week, introduce a significant change to the way users manage their passwords. "Building on its ability to alert users about weak and compromised passwords, Passwords can now automatically fix these for users with just a tap," Apple said on Monday. "Using Apple Intelligence and Safari to agentically take action on a user's behalf, Passwords securely navigates through websites to sign in and upgrade their accounts to strong passwords." The iGadget-maker's existing password manager already flags passwords that are known to be included in prior data breaches, checking whether they appear in known data leaks. However, current Passwords still requires users to update affected accounts themselves and does not offer a way to change multiple compromised credentials at once. Selecting one of those alerts typically takes users to the relevant account page, where they must complete the password change manually. The new update is designed to remove much of that legwork, with iOS 27 automatically navigating supported websites and updating eligible accounts to stronger passwords after user approval. Of course, in the very brief section of the video in which the new capability was announced, the feature worked flawlessly. In practice, however, it remains to be seen how effective Passwords is at agentically navigating different websites' login processes on behalf of users, especially if MFA is also set up on the account. And for those of you who remember a story The Register covered earlier this year about the (in)security of AI-generated passwords, fret not. Apple's Passwords app generates solid passwords by default - strings that, according to NordPass' online password checker, are "strong" and would take centuries to crack. Security company Irregular's research from February looked at scenarios where users were querying LLM chatbots for password ideas, rather than looking at those generated by purpose-built password managers. Siri state of affairs As predicted by many, this year's WWDC put Siri, now known as Siri AI, front and center as Apple looks to deliver on its promises made two years ago. It announced Apple Intelligence in 2024, but the offering has underdelivered on pretty much every count. Analysts who spoke to The Register after the event on Monday were optimistic about what they saw on the AI front, but described Apple's ability to deliver value for developers and users on its second roll of the dice as a credibility test. The company announced a wide range of small AI-enabled upgrades coming soon to iOS 27, powered by Apple's Foundation Models, developed in collaboration with Google and its Gemini technology, in addition to the agentic password-fixing tease. Individually, these features, such as enabling users to create shortcuts or Safari extensions by prompting Apple Intelligence using natural language, and Safari's Notify Me, which allows users to monitor specific web pages for updates, are not revolutionary. They're also not the type of features that are poised to set the AI industry alight. But for some, winning the AI race is less about being first to market with the biggest, baddest model; it's about using AI in the most useful way. "Rebuilt from the ground up, Apple is trying to make AI feel native, useful, and invisible across the devices people already use every day," said Francisco Jeronimo, IDC VP of client devices. "This matters because the winning AI experience for consumers will not be the loudest or most technically complex. It will be the one that understands context, respects privacy, works reliably across apps, and reduces friction without forcing users to change behaviour." Apple's iOS 27 will launch to the wider public in the fall, while devs can get their hands on the beta version now. This won't come with the new dedicated Siri AI app, though. You'll have to join a waiting list for that one. ®

New Apple feature automatically changes your compromised passwords

At WWDC 2026, Apple announced an Apple Intelligence-powered feature that can automatically fix weak and compromised passwords. Right now, Safari and the built-in Apple Passwords app can automatically flag weak, duplicate, or compromised passwords. For example, if you enter a password when you're creating an account, Apple will warn you if it detects the password is weak, and Safari will help you create a secure password. However, Apple's built-in password manager or Safari does not try to automatically fix your weak or compromised passwords. This changes with a new AI-powered security feature. Apple says the built-in password app and Safari now use AI to "agentically" take action based on your behavior and secure your passwords automatically. This feature will launch with iOS 27 for the Passwords app and Safari, which can automatically update eligible accounts to strong passwords. Apple promises security and privacy with Apple Intelligence Apple argues that you don't have to worry about safety or privacy, as these features are powered by the next generation of Apple Foundation Models. The foundation models are custom-built in collaboration with Google. Apple used Gemini models, likely its output, to fine-tune its own model and deeply integrated them into Apple Intelligence experiences. "These latest models run on device and on servers using Private Cloud Compute," Apple wrote in a blog post. "Every facet of the new Apple Intelligence architecture is built privacy-first, from the latest Apple Foundation Models to the core operating system technologies that integrate these models deep into Apple's platforms." Most of these features run locally on new iPhones, but Apple also uses Private Cloud Compute to run some features in the cloud without sharing your personal data. "When Private Cloud Compute is handling users' requests, their personal data is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else," Apple noted. Apple says Apple Intelligence improvements and an Agentic password manager are set to arrive with iOS 27 later this year. However, if you can't wait, you can sign up for the Developer Program and try the beta build today.

Apple Intelligence Can Change Your Passwords for You When You Get Hacked

As important as being secure with your sensitive information online is, few among us have perfect password hygiene, and Apple apparently knows it. With a new Apple Intelligence feature announced at WWDC 2026, Apple's AI can now automatically change passwords that could get you hacked. The tool, which builds on a previous security feature that can identify passwords that are either weak or compromised, can apparently use Apple's AI to navigate through websites and sign in, allowing Apple Intelligence to "agentically take action on a user's behalf," according to Apple. It then saves the new password in the Passwords app so you don't have to worry about forgetting it as soon as it's changed. Previously, to fix a compromised password, you'd have to go into each account and manually change your credentials, which is probably not most people's idea of a barrel of laughs, especially if you have two-factor authentication on, which you should. It's not much on the surface, but it's among the more useful Apple Intelligence features I've seen out there, especially considering it can be the difference between you getting hacked or not. It's also a good example of how Apple, which has long been known for its superior security over Android, can utilize "agentic" AI in a way that feels uniquely its own. While Google has built-in tools like Google Password Manager that can detect weak or compromised passwords, Gemini can't currently change those passwords for you, making the tool fairly novel in terms of how agentic AI is being used. The feature also feels like an outlier in terms of agentic AI since, normally, putting the words "passwords" and "AI agent" in the same sentence is usually a one-way ticket to setting off every security alarm bell imaginable. OpenClaw, for example, has been characterized as a security nightmare on more than one occasion. I don't think automatically changing your password is going to drastically shift anyone's opinion of AI, but as long as it's useful, it's hard to argue with. Remember the days before iOS automatically plugged in confirmation codes for you? Bad, right? That's the type of utility we're yearning for.

iOS 27's Passwords app can change your passwords for you, automatically

Today during its WWDC presentation, Apple unveiled a new iOS 27 feature for the Passwords app: an AI capability that can automatically change your passwords for you. Passwords app can now fix compromised logins on your behalf Today Apple unveiled major AI upgrades coming in iOS 27 and its other forthcoming software updates. One such AI feature involves the Apple Passwords app. Passwords launched two years ago as a dedicated hub for logins, 2FA codes, Wi-Fi credentials, and more. The app has always shown you if passwords in your database are problematic in some way. For example, if your password has been spotted in a data leak, or is used across multiple accounts, the Passwords all notifies you of that. But until now, you've always needed to manually fix those problematic logins. In iOS 27 though, Apple says that in many cases, its agentic new AI feature can change the passwords for you. So you can always ensure that your logins are secure, and use strong passwords, but with minimal hassle on your part. iOS 27 will be available in developer beta later today, public beta next month, and launches to all users this September. Check out our WWDC News Hub for all the latest announcements from Apple.

Apple finally got rid of my biggest password headache

The update could make Apple's Passwords app competitive with third-party managers like 1Password, though questions remain about security and reliability. We are often told how important it is to use a password manager to keep our online presence safely protected, and considering how much we store in our virtual accounts, it's sensible advice. After all, there are only so many unique passwords you can store in your head before you start reverting to something reused, weak, and easily cracked. I've been using 1Password for years, and I've found it to be a great way to generate strong passwords and passkeys. It's amazing how, once you have an app creating 20-character random passwords for you, "Password12345" no longer seems quite so secure. The problem, though, is ensuring all of my passwords are as strong as possible, all of the time. After years of usage, passwords need updating, some get leaked in data breaches, while others turn out to be weaker than I initially thought. And while it's easy enough to identify problems areas, actually making the changes when you have as many accounts as I do is both mind-numbingly boring and often fiddly and time-consuming. At WWDC 2026, though, Apple introduced an AI-based change for iOS 27 that has the potential to solve my biggest password woes in an instant. AI at work There's no doubt that Apple Intelligence was the star of the WWDC 2026 show. Thanks to Apple's upgrades, it can now identify the contents of your photos and find out where the image was taken. It can take information from past conversations and feed it into party plans and recipe ideas. It follows the conversation and understands your intentions even when you're being vague. Compared to the old Siri, it's a breath of fresh air. Yet of all the new features announced on the day, one of my favorites is coming to the much-overlooked Passwords app. And it could be enough to knock even the mightiest password managers off their lofty perches. Like most password managers, Passwords already alerts you if it detects weak or compromised saved passwords in your account, a handy way to identify potential vulnerabilities. But previously, you had to go ahead and change all of those passwords yourself. For many of us, that's a barrier to taking action, especially if there are a lot of them that need your attention. That's all about to change, though. Instead of manually updating all of your passwords, you'll now have an AI helper that can do it for you. In iOS 27 and Apple's other operating system updates, the Passwords app comes with an AI agent that presents a list of problem accounts and updates your passwords in a single click. Just set it to work and it goes to the websites, progresses through the process of changing your passwords, then saves the new entries in the app. There's no need for you to even open the app. That could be a gamechanger. After all, your accounts get better protected when you can remove friction without weakening security - just look at passkeys for a good example. That seems to be what the Passwords app's Siri AI update is all about. Think of it this way: How many of us know we need to improve our passwords but hesitate when we see the daunting scale of the task? I know I'm guilty. I have nearly 700 account credentials stored in 1Password. Updating them all one by one would take days. But if I can just set Apple Intelligence to work in the background, it leaves more time for the things I actually want to do. It's the kind of feature that might have slipped under the radar at WWDC, but for me, it has the potential to be one of the best new additions at this year's show. How far will it go? Despite how promising this new feature appears, I'm not 100 percent sold just yet. For one thing, I'd like to know the threshold that Apple Intelligence uses before it steps in to take action. Apple said it can update "weak and compromised passwords" and "eligible accounts," but what exactly qualifies as a "weak" password? 1Password, for instance, grades your passwords on a scale from "Terrible" to "Fantastic." Apple's Passwords app doesn't work in quite the same way. Instead, it uses its own system of grading, including "easily guessed" passwords and those that have been reused. Will Apple Intelligence be able to update all of these? Apple only mentioned "weak and compromised passwords," so does that mean it will skip over reused ones? I'm also curious about how reliable this AI agent is when it comes to changing passwords. Will it be able to navigate every website's layout and password updating system? What happens when it faces security challenges like two-factor authentication? Will it be able to successfully enter those, regardless of whether the codes are stored in the Passwords app or sent to your email address? And one more concern: Will Apple Intelligence have security vulnerabilities of its own? After all, we're trusting it with the keys to our digital kingdoms. We need to know it can access, update and save our passwords on our behalf securely and without issue. I don't use the Passwords app, as I've always found it to be a little lacking compared to the likes of 1Password. But the addition of an AI security helper might be enough to help it leapfrog the competition. If all goes well, though, this new feature could be exactly what I've been waiting for.

Apple Passwords Can Now Automatically Fix Weak and Compromised Passwords With Agentic AI

Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user's behalf. The feature builds on Passwords' existing ability to flag weak or compromised credentials. While the app has long been able to alert users to security issues, acting on those alerts required manually visiting each site and changing passwords individually. The new capability removes that friction by automating the process end-to-end in the background. Apple describes the system as agentic, with Apple Intelligence and Safari securely navigating through websites, signing in, and upgrading accounts to strong passwords without the user needing to intervene beyond an initial tap. The feature displays as a Live Activity when active.

New iOS 27 Passwords app can automatically change your passwords for you

* Passwords app in iOS 27 will automatically change weak and compromised passwords for you * The feature improvement leans on Gemini-backed Apple Intelligence upgrade * Apple shares fell 1.9% in the day following WWDC 2026 Apple is set to introduce a major improvement to its Passwords app in iOS 27, which will see the native password manager now be able to automatically change compromised passwords rather than just warning users about potential leaks. The Passwords app already warned users of passwords that have appeared in a breach, or potentially weak passwords like reused login details, but the upcoming software also promises to fix them automatically. By using AI, Apple promises to navigate password-change websites automatically, generate new passwords and update those credentials within the app, though it's worth noting it only works on eligible, supported platforms. Apple Passwords app will soon automatically update passwords for you Announced at the company's annual software keynote at WWDC 2026, Apple explained the system uses Apple Intelligence to complete the process - an underlying feature that also got an upgrade at the event. Upcoming versions of Apple Intelligence, which process requests either on-device or securely via Private Cloud Compute, will be powered by new models that lean on Google's Gemini. The upgrade will make changing passwords less of a chore, because physically changing them is often a source of friction for affected users. However, minor improvements to the Passwords app generally reflect the entire WWDC experience, with Apple focusing on the three core pillars of platform improvements, trust and safety, and Apple Intelligence this year, ruling out any radical software changes. Share prices have fallen around 1.9% since the announcement, reflecting broader disappointment around this year's software announcements. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.