# Google Password Manager 18 Hacker News commenters recommended Google Password Manager and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Built into Chrome and Android, it syncs passwords and passkeys across devices with little effort. Critics distrust Google's account lockouts and lack of passkey export. ## Why people recommend it - Built into Chrome and Android (4 comments): "I encourage mum to use the built in one in Chrome as that tends to pop up anyway." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711989)) "what google + chrome + android does is pretty great imo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47042476)) "The Google one is quite good if you use Chrome anyway." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846986)) - Syncs across devices and platforms (3 comments): "Devices have solid password manager integration, I use mine across 3 OSes and who knows how many devices." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46293479)) "Google's is even better, as it is cross-platform" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185526)) "as it syncs between phone and laptop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010006)) - Simple, good enough for most people (3 comments): "Literally all major password managers are E2EE except Google's. The UX is fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333063)) "Isn't a perfect solution but, again, is pretty good for most people." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303568)) "hard to beat for simplicity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47042670)) - Passkeys work well (2 comments): "if you're willing to trust Apple or Google this is a good method for passkey usage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012942)) "I find passkeys in Google Password Manager work well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49009857)) ## What people warn about - Fear of account lockouts (2 comments): "Considering Google's track record of locking people out of their accounts it'd be very risky to trust them as your password manager." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012193)) "I'd absolutely never trust Google to manage passwords/passkeys for me, with their habit of irrevocably auto-banning accounts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49756098)) - No passkey export or recovery (2 comments): "Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and 1Password don't let you export passkeys to a file that you can read and backup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008519)) "Users would lose their passkeys if they lost all secrets and devices. Google couldn't recover them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314237)) - Not end-to-end encrypted (2 comments): "Literally all major password managers are E2EE except Google's. The UX is fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333063)) "a password manager without E2EE is unusable in my eyes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303255)) - Unclear where passkeys are stored (2 comments): "It's not even clear what happens with Google Password Manager. It might go into your Google account or your local device." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089657)) "they interact with this split-brain system in unpredictable ways" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008345)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Bitwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitwarden.md): 278 recommend - [1Password](https://hackerapproved.com/p/1password.md): 238 recommend - [KeePassXC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepassxc.md): 131 recommend - [Vaultwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vaultwarden.md): 112 recommend - [KeePass](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepass.md): 100 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://passwords.google.com/intro) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Google Password Manager", https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-password-manager/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).