Dashlane Brings Secure Authentication Right to Your Wrist with Dashlane Wear

Dashlane is now available on WearOS, bringing secure wearable authentication to the Android smartwatch ecosystem. With the Dashlane Wear app, users get a seamless login experience on their smallest screen.
So how did the Dashlane Wear app come to life? The journey is an interesting one, and it starts with the early authentication challenges on WearOS.
The wild days of authentication on WearOS
Most of our users expect Dashlane to be present everywhere authentication is required, no matter the operating system or form factor. This is why we have both Android and iOS native apps for mobile and the Dashlane Web extension for desktop.
It’s also why we’re still on the lookout for new platforms where Dashlane can ensure users have secure access to their data.
Over the years, we’ve received many requests for a Dashlane app on Android watches. However, this platform has historically lacked the tools we need to bring any value to our users.
Typing a password on a tiny watch screen is inconvenient, so developers had to rely on other methods to log their users in, like:
- Directing users to log in on their phone
- Authenticating with users’ Google accounts
- Requiring users to scan a QR code on their phone
On WearOS, no one was relying on passwords, and the system didn’t provide any tools that enabled password managers to help users authenticate to their favorite service. In short, there was no need to bring Dashlane to WearOS.
Passkeys and the Credential Manager API to the rescue
Then, two innovations changed everything. The first was passkeys, a simpler and more secure authentication method compared to passwords. The second was Android’s Credential Manager API for WearOS.
The Credential Manager API works by defining a clear contract between a service (an app or a website) and a password manager like Dashlane. Now, when a user needs to log in, the service sends a request to the password manager. Then, the password manager provides options for how the user can log in based on the credentials they have stored.
After only being available on Android phones, the Credential Manager API has finally been ported to WearOS this year. Now, password managers have a role to play on WearOS.
The Dashlane Wear app works pretty much the same as its mobile counterpart: Once logged into Dashlane, the app will sync the user’s passwords and passkeys stored in their vault. Then, after setting Dashlane as the system’s credential provider, other WearOS apps can send credential requests. Users just have to select their preferred credential to gain access to the service.
Building a wearable experience on solid ground
Bringing to life the Dashlane experience on WearOS has been a thrill on our side too. Because WearOS is an Android system and the Credential Manager API is unified on mobile and WearOS, the logic we created on mobile was reused on Dashlane Wear with minimal adjustments.
In fact, 92% of the code we wrote for the Credential Manager API for mobile has been used as-is in Dashlane Wear.
On top of that, even Dashlane Wear’s user interface (UI) might seem very familiar to you. We’ve been able to reuse most of our design system components for this new app: Color tokens, typography, icons, and more.
Overall, Dashlane Wear shares approximately 60% of its UI with our mobile Android app, while the remaining 40% are new components specifically built to better integrate with the WearOS design language.
Here's a side-by-side comparison between Dashlane mobile and Dashlane Wear apps:


As more WearOS apps support passkey and authentication flows through the Credential Manager API, Dashlane is committed to being the trusted ally that makes accessing credentials effortless—anytime, anywhere.
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