@SiteRelEnby @whitequark it's an Apple/Microsoft/Google joint effort to use device-bound (which usually means TPM / enclave-bound) asymmetric credentials as authenticator.
It's also a FIDO standard: https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/
I don't think Google are pushing for it any more than the other implementers?
@SiteRelEnby @whitequark double checking the relevant standards: Google definitely contributed, but they're far from the only names on there, and they don't seem overrepresented either?
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/
https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-v2.1-ps-20210615/fido-client-to-authenticator-protocol-v2.1-ps-errata-20220621.html