1Password Keyboard for the smartphone

Hello @RichardGaspa, thanks for joining us on the forum!

1Password 8 for Android does not include a keyboard. We introduced 1Password Keyboard before the Autofill framework was available on Android. Today, 1Password 8 is available on all Android devices that support Autofill. This framework enables 1Password to offer filling on login or payment forms securely and efficiently.

Got it! Thanks for your quick reply. Using the new !Password 8 version for the past few hours, and I'm loving it!

You are very welcome. I'm Glad to hear you're loving 1Password 8! Let us know if we can help with anything else.

@1P_Timothy What? But there are so many circumstances where the auto-fill framework just isn't available! (Hell, even when https://us.v-cdn.net/5020219/uploads/editor/i8/tqzmg449ca4a.png)

Sigh I guess I need to reinstall 1Password 7. If the Android keyboard functionality becomes unavailable, I will almost certainly be migrating away from 1Pasaword. The keyboard---or some reliable fallback---is absolutely needed.

Like, honestly, what Android device/version are you guys using internally, such that it gives you the impression that the auto-fill framework is good enough that you can afford to have no fallback?

The 1password keyboard was the only thing that worked unconditionally on my Samsung A32 5G (purchased in Canada, running Android 12), and that's really important to me, because of various badly-designed apps that block auto-fill on their login screens, and apparently even Chrome on Android doesn't always provide it as an option.

This seems like a design decision driven by wishful thinking & convenience for your PMs, rather than actual user experience.

Just adding in that auto fill is great, but in the cases where auto fill still doesn't function, the 1P 7 Keyboard was an amazing backup. Please bring it back. I hate that I'll otherwise need to revert to 1P 7 just for that.

Pixel 6 Pro, Android 13

As a small example, the app my Barber uses has two points where credentials need to be filled. Their appointment scheduling and the PayPal deposit. I'm both cases, 1P7 worked fine, 1P8 says auto fill isn't available and since there's no keyboard fallback, I have to go into 1P, copy the info, go back to the app, etc. It's a pain.

There are lots of instances where this is the case, lesser known apps and such. Just add the keyboard back please.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.efexxapps.android5bab9381979f2

Agreed with DrSuSE and dlitz. I just upgraded to 1p8 and am finding all sorts of apps that don't have autofill. I'm having to downgrade to 1p7 in order to get the keyboard option so I can use those other apps.

@1P_Timothy can we get some further thought sharing here please?

I have plenty of times where auto fill isn't available as well. We use a local bank and their app doesn't support it, so I either have to use a weak password that I can remember, or do the clunky switch-back-and-forth-between-apps dance to copy and paste it (which is what I do... And it's always frustrating)