I am using Google chrome Version 54.0.2840.71 (64-bit) on Ubuntu, when I go to settings (accessible via the url: chrome://settings or by clicking on settings in the options menu, then click on:
this launches this window revealing the Auto Sign-in option:
I thought might mean what it says and – "Auto-matically log me in" – so I have tried logging into a few websites, logging out and visiting the "sign in" url again, expecting that it would log me in automatically, it didn't.
Then I thought it might have something to do with pre-populating login fields with login credentials which chrome saved from previous logins, but that pre-form filling behaviour seems to occur automatically when you chose Save rather than never when chrome prompts to save your password.
What does chrome's "Auto Sign-in" option actually do?
Best Answer
The labels are pretty misleading. It's not a regular auto-login option but a new login flow which is manipulated by
Credential Managementand is not being used widely yet. For more information, see Google's The Credential Management API or the official paper by W3C.However, you can still test the functionality using a demo provided by Google itself. Before navigating to the demo URL, you have to enable both
Offer to save passwords(so your credential can be saved and used later) andAuto Sign-in(to actually enable the feature) options in Password settings (chrome://settings/passwords):Then go to Credential Management API Demo (or any other site manipulates Credential Manager Javascript API). Sign up with a fake email and save it:
Now whenever you click on
SIGN INbutton, a popup will be shown like this so you can log into your account with a single click/tap:However, if you need a auto-login feature for regular websites, I recommend LastPass extension for Google Chrome and its application for phones.