Meta updates its account center to centralize login across its platforms and devices

Meta has launched a update for your account center to centralize it and make it easier to log in on their platforms and devices, such as their smart glasses.

Mark Zuckerberg’s company aims to simplify the way in which users access and manage their Instagram, Facebook, Threads or WhatsApp profiles, so that They don’t have to keep logging in individually.

“With so many ways to create, learn, and communicate, it’s more important than ever to have a centralized, convenient platform for managing experiences across your apps,” Meta said in a statement on its blog.

The update, which It will be implemented gradually throughout the yearwill allow all applications and devices associated with a user to appear in a single account centeralthough in Whatsapp this function will be optionalsince users will be able to add or delete their account from the center whenever they want. All of this without undergoing any change in experience with applications.

Regarding login, Meta offers the option to set a single password to access platforms and devices, in addition to being able sign up for a new app with another account information so you don’t have to start from scratch.

In this sense, the company has recalled that the access keys They offer a more secure alternative to traditional passwords, allowing you to log in with facial recognition, fingerprint or the password of the device in question.

With this update, these credentials will be available for all platforms linked in the account center. Additionally, security systems are working 24 hours a day to prevent and detect activities suspicious on any account.

On the other hand, after announcing that parents can now review the topics of the conversations their children have with AI on Facebook and Instagram, Meta has also simplified the supervision of managed accounts within the account center so that everything is in the same panel.