About the app on Apple Watch

Hey @simonemargio:

Glad to hear you like the Apple Watch app for 1Password! I hope to have more details to share about 1Password 8 for iOS in the coming months.

Jack

I second this. I hope the Apple Watch app gets updated sooner than later, because I don’t want it to be “forgotten” to the point they delete it. Also, I like the idea of being able to maybe “hide” a password on the Watch app, until maybe tapped? There’s quite a bit that could be done to take the Watch app to the next level.

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is the new 1Password8 iOS app providing at least the same level of support to the watch as 1Password7?

@karlieeuh I'm afraid it does not. Just installed 1Password 8 and the watch app is currently missing from the update. 1Password's VP of Engineering https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/wk2pbl/comment/ijktw6r/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 regarding this topic:

We have nothing to announce with regards to a Watch app in 1Password 8. If the Watch app is a part of your workflow, please let us know how you're using it (you can write in to mailto:support+ios@1password.com). In the meantime, you can leave 1Password 7 installed on your phone to retain the Watch app on your wrist. I've been running with both installed for over a year now and they do not conflict.

This is also what I am currently doing and it works fine so far.

Having two 1Password apps of different versions on your iPhone to run the Apple Watch app is redundant, lazy and unsatisfactory. I use the watch app all the time ( eg. passcodes for door entry’s, old combination lock sequences, etc). I simply won’t update until there is a watch app. It’s too convenient to give up. And I’m not running two apps to do that.

I can just approve this message. I don't get why 1P has AW support on Version 7 but not on 8 🤷🏻‍♂️

@LoRob145 my usecase is quite similar (debit card PINs, my roommate's bike lock, ...) but because these codes rarely ever change, using both versions at the same time works really well. I've been using the v8 beta for some weeks and barely ever touched v7 again, except when an item on my watch needed to be updated. But I see that's not the best solution and I'm also hoping that v8 gets the watch integration as soon as possible.

@elmocito in yesterday's Twitter Space someone from the 1Password team mentioned some unfortunate illnesses that slowed down the team responsible for the Watch App.

norysang, I agree with everything you've mentioned, but I have also had the experience that once one or two system updates occur some old apps stop functioning, so again, to my mind this is not ideal and is a step backward for 1Password 8. I am glad to hear that the 1P team has been slowed down and that this might account for the lack of a watch app, but I have not read anywhere from them that they are indeed planning an Apple Watch app as part of 1P8. Thanks for your comments.

Now this is a problem. I downloaded ver 8 deleted ver 7 and when I went to use the watch app it was gone. Tried going to the App Store to download ver 7 again and can’t find it. Not sure why the 1P team did not mention this anywhere. Not happy at all. Please bring watch support back. Any way to get ver 7 downloaded again?