Amazon Cognito - Simplifying user authentication

In this episode of the AWS Developers Podcast, we welcome Rahul Sharma and Kevin Shanley to discuss AWS Cognito, a service for user authentication and identity management in web and mobile applications. The guests outline Cognito's updates: a new getting started experience, managed login features, and passwordless authentication options. They explain how these changes affect developers implementing authentication systems and discuss the technical aspects of passkeys implementation. The conversation details Cognito's pricing structure, now organized in three tiers: light, essentials, and plus. The team explains what each tier includes and finish by sharing some perspectives on the future of identity services.