AWS Rolls Out Updates to Amazon Cognito

**Executive summary:** Amazon Web Services announced updates to Amazon Cognito, including managed passwordless authentication (passkeys, email and SMS OTPs), a developer-focused console with onboarding wizard and automatic user pool creation, integration guidance for major frameworks via OIDC/OAuth, and a new tiered pricing model (Lite, Essentials, Plus) where Essentials is the default and Plus adds advanced threat protection; Essentials and Plus are available in all Cognito-supported regions except AWS GovCloud (US).