Image credit: AgileBitsġPassword’s browser extension (available for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Edge) now opens inline in Safari and offers to fill in the username and password on a website for you, similar to iCloud Keychain. The Watchtower feature that warns you about weak or reused passwords now includes a handy new dashboard view. As an example, you could create a collection that hides all family vaults if you’d like to focus on work. With Collections, you can customize which vaults and items you see depending on your current task. Collections and 1Password browser extensions The Quick Find feature for quickly find your items, vaults and tags have also been revamped. Try moving an item from a personal vault to a shared vault and up pops a prompt showing you who will gain access to it. To solve that, 1Password 8 shows you more contextual information throughout the app than before, right when you need it. Another pain point that the new version addresses: Low discoverability of some features.

The password manager relocates categories from the sidebar to a dropdown menu right below the search bar, making the sidebar less crowded and giving it more room to show your vaults and their accounts. But the visual overhaul doesn’t stop there as the team redesigned the entire experience to bring the app on par with Apple’s current visual language in Big Sur and Monterey. Also, the app fully supports the system-wide Dark Mode on your Mac. One of the first changes you’ll notice is a new lock screen (shown when authenticating access to your 1Password), which now displays account icons. 1Password 8 features a redesigned interface brought on par with today’s standards along with a bunch of enhancements and new features.

The redesigned app is also coming to iPhone, iPad and AndroidġPassword 8 early access now available for macOSĪccording to a post on the AgileBits blog, the new 1Password 8 is now available for early testing on macOS ahead of the app’s public release later this year.The new version will arrive later in 2021 for macOS and Windows.1Password 8 has a refreshed interface and new features.

1Password got its last major update on Macs three years ago.

1Password 8, the next major iteration to the popular password manager, is now available for testing on macOS ahead of its public release on Mac and Windows later this year.

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