Password removal is no longer hypothetical

Authenticate 2026 and the FIDO Passkey Index 2026 gave the first broad production data on what happens when companies stop treating passkeys as an add-on and start removing passwords across sign-up, login, and recovery.

The headline is simple: this has moved from roadmap talk to live rollout. The FIDO Passkey Index 2026 found that 9 of 13 participating relying parties plan passwordless accounts within the next 12 months . Across Index participants, 36% of successful sign-ins already use a passkey , up from 26% in 2025.

That matters because the core problem is no longer just passkey availability.…