Not everyone knows that Google has its Password Manager, which lets you access your passwords from anywhere using any device. To have a secure online account, it is essential to keep a strong password, and, even more critical. It is to keep different passwords for different online accounts. But the problem comes when we have to remember all these passwords. Strong passwords are impossible to remember, and that too when you have various accounts to manage.
We usually use a password manager in such a scenario. But the issue with a password manager is that it is stored on our PC and what if we are out of town and need a password urgently? It is where the Google Password Manager becomes a savior.
You can save all your login details to Google Passwords Manager whenever you log in to any website using Google Chrome. Chrome, the web browser, stores all your passwords and usernames, and you can access them from anywhere using any of your devices just by signing into your Google account. Yes, at least you must remember one password for your Google account.
Smart Lock Google Passwords Manager
The Smart Lock service from Google is a secure app to store your passwords. Whenever we sign in to any website using Google Chrome, the browser asks for your permission to save the password for that particular website. If you click yes, the browser saves all your login details in the password manager and syncs them to your Google account, thus allowing you to access them from anywhere.
Smart Lock doesn’t only save your passwords but also helps you keep signing in to some apps by bypassing the login screen entirely. It auto-fills your login details on apps and websites viewed with Chrome. So there is no need to remember the passwords anymore.
However, you can turn the auto-sign-in off if you are uncomfortable with it. Remember that not all of your Android apps are supported by Smart Lock.
How does Smart Lock Google Password Manager help
The feature saves your login credentials, recognizes them, and auto-fills all your login details across devices. So even if you buy a new device and download the apps anew on art, Lock helps you log into all your accounts quickly.
Every time you open an app for the first time to log in, you will notice a blue Google sign-in bar beside it. It is a gateway to connect your Google account to the apps or services securely. It reduces your burden to fill in the login credentials separately in each app.
How to check passwords with Google Passwords Manager
- Using Web Browser on PC: Once you are logged into your Google account via passwords.google.com, you can see all your saved passwords and user IDs. The passwords, by default, are hidden under the asterisks, but you can view them just by clicking on the eye icon beside them. The password manager syncs with Google Chrome so that you can check all your passwords with your web browser.
- Chrome Mobile Apps: Password manager also syncs with Chrome mobile apps so that you can check all your passwords on your Android or iOS Apple devices. You will need the Chrome browser app for this.
Does this mean anyone who knows your Google account password can access all your passwords?
Yes, anyone knowing your Google account password can quickly check all your login details using passwords.google.com, but there is a way out.
To avoid any breach of your online security, enabling the 2-step verification system in your Google account is essential. This security feature sends you an alert whenever your Google account is accessed from a new machine or a new browser, and the account can be accessed only when you click YES from your connected mobile device. 
Since all your passwords are synced to your Smartphone, too, Smart Lock intense recommends using a security lock of pin or password on your Smartphone.
Head over to passwords.google.com to check out the free service.
What are the rules for Strong passwords?
- There should be at least 12 characters, but at least 14 would be better.
- Symbols, lowercase letters, and numbers combined.
- Neither a dictionary word nor the name of a person, character, product, or organization.
- Passwords that are significantly different from those you used in the past.
Read: How to edit or delete all passwords in Google Password Manager
What are the main risks of using a password manager?
If your device is infected with malware, you can hack password managers. Cybercriminals can obtain full access to stored data as soon as the master password is typed.
So the police can just demand that google hand your passwords over?
Nah – I prefer privacy.