Apple has released an official extension for the Windows and Mac versions of Chrome that allows you to use passwords stored in your iCloud Keychain. For anyone using Chrome as a browser and iCloud keychain instead of a dedicated password manager, this could make bouncing between Windows and Mac computers much easier.
The release of the extension means that if you’ve used Safari to automatically generate strong passwords on other platforms, they can now be available to you in Chrome when prompted to log in. Passwords created in Chrome for Windows are also synced with iCloud so they are available on Apple devices as well.
The extension is called iCloud Passwords and is now available on the Chrome Web Store. Details of the functionality were prematurely revealed last week in an update to the iCloud Windows 10 app, which listed “iCloud Password Support Chrome Extension” as a new feature, despite the extension not being released or otherwise announced.