Keepassxc and strongbox passkey integrations seem pretty good on all of the OSes and browsers I've used.

I think passkeys make a messy credential situation even messier, but make a tidy credential situation even tidier.

On iOS devices you can import/export Passkeys between supporting password manager apps (including Apple Passwords).

In my experience, migrating between Apple Passwords and Bitwarden worked without issues, in both directions.

brother I locked myself in long before the passkey showed up

The fact that the password manager someone might use on another system is a complete piece of crap does not mean passkeys are an Apple lock-in attempt.

There are an open standard. You just have terrible software.

If that's the argument, it's bull. If you use Apple hardware, you're not locked in and required to use Apple's default Passwords manager.

Microsoft Authenticator, Bitwarden, 1Password, etc. all support storing passkeys and support multiple hardware platforms.

It's no different than making your own decision on which password manager you want to use.

I think Firefox had system integration with the password/passkey provider framework since 122.

If you do not have access to your personal Apple account on your work laptop, you would need to find some other passkey provider with native integration.

Under Settings > Privacy and Security, look to see that Firefox is listed and has access under "Passkeys access for Web Browsers". Unlike a native app which only needs passkeys for its own services, Firefox needs access for every potential service you might hit over the internet.

Then under General -> Autofill and Passwords, you'll see any apps which are registered as system password managers. Unfortunately this is a subset of the ones which register on iOS and I'm not familiar who has done integration yet in their Mac release - Chrome (with GPM) for instance is not listed even though it is available on iOS.

Step away from HN, and there are probably a lot of people who only use their phone to access the Internet. Smartphone brand loyalty seems to be strong, too.

Same here. My only nitpick is that I have to carefully go through the various machines and browsers, etc, and ensure that only 1Password is ever consulted for password storage.

> But you can’t simply switch to Android without recreating every single passkey. Sounds like vendor lock-in to me

Not so fast. Migrating passkeys from iOS to Android is possible now; migrating from Android to iOS is still being worked on.

Ricky Mondello's team at Apple created the Passwords app which brought passkeys to iOS, macOS, etc.

The entire presentation is worth watching if you’re interested in passkeys; the the clip below starts at 24:00 mark where they talk about migrating between platforms.

    Starting with iOS 26.5, you can choose to move passkeys and passwords
    from Apple Passwords to Google Password Manager. However, Android still
    needed "a future update" to receive them. That same update is meant to
    add transfers from Android back to iPhone [1].

In other words, being able to move passkeys between devices and platforms has always been part of the plan.

[1]: https://youtu.be/yVadD-Lfrfk?t=1454

[2]: https://fidoalliance.org/specs/cx/cxf-v1.0-ps-errata-2026030...

Yes you can. You can export your passkeys and then import them into whatever android password manager, or 1Password.

Well designed platforms and auth frameworks allow adding multiple passkeys. The problem is this requirement was never coded into the passkey standard.