Our takeaways from Identiverse 2026 in Las Vegas: AI agent identity moved from theory to roadmap, passkeys turned operational, deepfakes pressured identity verification, and session security took center stage.

The FIDO Alliance said more than 15 billion online accounts now support passkey sign-in, roughly doubling availability year over year.

Microsoft began defaulting new consumer accounts to passwordless sign-in with passkeys, citing the scale of password-based attacks.

The FIDO Alliance marked World Passkey Day with new adoption data and a pledge program to accelerate the shift away from passwords.

Major consumer brands continued rolling out passkeys, with the FIDO Alliance reporting steady growth in passkey-enabled accounts.

Microsoft enabled passkeys in its Authenticator app, expanding phishing-resistant sign-in options for consumer and work accounts.

Apple introduced a standalone Passwords app across its platforms, making passkeys and credential sync more visible to consumers.

Google began prompting users to create and use passkeys by default, accelerating mainstream passwordless adoption.