# The Complete Guide to iOS 16 Passkeys - App and Backend Implementation

DevFeed: [The Complete Guide to iOS 16 Passkeys - App and Backend Implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-complete-guide-to-ios-16-passkeys-app-and-backend-implementation-23991.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://quickbirdstudios.com/blog/ios-passkeys/>)

Author: Allison Poppe

Published: 2022-11-03T14:29:49Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [QuickBird Studios Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/quickbird-studios-blog.md>)

Topics: [Passkeys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passkeys.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [WebAuthn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webauthn.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post.md>), [private-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-key.md>), [public-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public-key.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to integrate iOS 16 passkeys into an application, covering app-side authentication and the backend API endpoints needed to support registration and sign-in. It describes passkeys as Apple's implementation of WebAuthn and explains that authentication uses a public key stored on the server while the private key remains on the user's device.

## Source excerpt

With iOS 16 Apple introduced a way to go passwordless called Passkeys. In this article, we are covering what needs to be done on the app side but also what needs to be implemented in the backend The post The Complete Guide to iOS 16 Passkeys - App and Backend Implementation appeared first on QuickBird Studios.