Nintendo will end sign-in with Google and Apple accounts for Nintendo Accounts on January 26, 2027, the company announced on its official support page. From that date, it will no longer be possible to link a Google or Apple account to a Nintendo Account, sign in with them, or create a new account using those services. The My Nintendo mission that awarded Platinum Points for linking a Google account will also end.
Who needs to act before the deadline
The change applies to every model in the Switch family — Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED — and to anyone using the Nintendo Switch app on their phone. The biggest risk is for people who created their account with Google or Apple and never set a Nintendo password: without a password or a passkey, they may be unable to sign in after the deadline and have to go through Nintendo Support to regain access. Nintendo has not given a reason for the change. According to the official notice, anyone already signed in on a device may not need to sign in again, but if the login screen appears, they will need the Nintendo Account email address or Sign-In ID and password, or a passkey.
What to do: password or passkey
Nintendo recommends registering a passkey, which lets you sign in with your device's authentication — fingerprint or facial recognition — instead of a password. Anyone who never created a password can generate one from the Nintendo Account login page using "Forgot your password?", which sends a reset email. Anyone who no longer has access to the registered email address should contact Nintendo Support to update it. The exact end time may be delayed, Nintendo says, depending on how the system change work progresses — so it is best to sort it out before January 25: 9to5Google points to that date as the deadline for switching sign-in in the Nintendo Switch smartphone app, while the official notice sets January 26 for the end of account linking.
Read also: Nintendo has announced its Black Friday deals for the Switch 2, with the Mario Kart World bundle for US$ 499.99, from November 22 to December 5.
Sources: Nintendo Support — Discontinuation of Google and Apple accounts linking to Nintendo Accounts; 9to5Google — Nintendo will soon discontinue Google and Apple sign-ins; TechRepublic — Nintendo Ends Google, Apple Sign-Ins: What to Do Next; ComicBook — Nintendo Warns Switch and Switch 2 Users to Make Account Change Before 2027.
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