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Nintendo Account to end Google and Apple sign-in from 26 January 2027
Nintendo will discontinue linking Google and Apple accounts to Nintendo Accounts from 26 January 2027. To sign in, users will need their email address or sign-in ID and password, or a passkey.
Nintendo has announced that from 26 January 2027 it will no longer be possible to link a Google or Apple account to a Nintendo Account. The company says that the exact end time "may be delayed depending on the progress of the system change work".
From that date, a Google or Apple account can no longer be used to sign in to a Nintendo Account, nor to create a new one. The My Nintendo Platinum Points mission tied to linking a Google account will also end.
If the sign-in screen appears, Nintendo writes, users will need to sign in with the email address or sign-in ID and password of their Nintendo Account, or with a passkey, meaning device authentication (for example fingerprint or face recognition). Those already signed in on a device may not need to sign in again. Nintendo apologises for the inconvenience to anyone who used Google or Apple to sign in to their account.
Sources: official Nintendo support notice (Australian website); The Verge and 9to5Google (10 November 2026). Text by Statcade.
