Nintendo now supports passwordless sign-ins
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EZ88)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo has added support for passkeys, a passwordless sign-in method that uses your fingerprint, face scan, or other methods to give you access to your online accounts. As spotted earlier by NintendoSoup (via 9to5Mac), Nintendo now lets you register and use a passkey to sign in to your account from a variety of different devices.
To add a passkey to your account, head to accounts.nintendo.com from the device you want to use the passkey. Once you sign in to your Nintendo account, hit Sign-in and security settings > Passkeys > Edit. Then, select Register a new passkey and follow the steps to complete the setup process on the device you're using.
Right now, Nintendo only supports passkeys on devices with iOS 16 or later, iPadOS 16 or...