Experiment #3 - Nearby Items

Howdy everyone! I’m late to this party and am arriving to provide my NUX on this feature.

Without any context, the naming & verbiage made me think this was basically an alternative to (or a complement to) Apple Find My.

Even though I’m an 8-year user of 1PW, it never occurred to me that y’all use the word “Items” to broadly (but properly) describe every kind of entry.

“No items found nearby” as the default text & interface gave me a startle, because it was as if my Find My Items had all gone missing.

“Add a location to items and they’ll show up when you’re nearby” again, read to me like I was somehow tagging a physical item in the world and then it would be prominently displayed when I was close to it (a car, front door lock, NFC tag, etc…)

“Edit an item to assign it a location. View nearby items in 1Password for iOS and Android” again, read to me like I was adding a location to a physical item that could be tracked or seen using a mobile device.

No doubt that this is predominantly attributed to me:
* having the wrong impression stuck in my head
* using Apple AirTags on everything I’d hate to lose forever
* the ambiguity of the word “Item”
* my not registering how bonafide “Item” is in 1PW

I don’t mean to imply that I any major changes are necessary, and I appreciate the opportunity to engage with all y’all and how attentive to details your team has always been, and thought my confusion might be insightful. 💕

(The only improvement I can imagine that may have redirected my misconception early on, is a mock-up or visual representation of what the GUI in the app looks like: like hey that’s an interface I’m familiar with and oh ah yeah I see I see 🤣)

As for what Nearby Items actually is 😅 I tend to agree with others in this thread that the final form of this feature will be really smart entries that “just know” when to be useful:

• debit/credit cards ready when I’m a meter away from an ATM
• insurance cards when I’m at the dentist
• identity info when I’m at a hospital or school
• addresses when I’m at a post office
• key codes for smart locks at friends houses if I’m checking in while they’re on holiday
• or the inverse: sharing a PIN code to my garage door to someone who needs temporary access (would come with some smart meta data baked in, like a photo of what exactly to look for)

But up until now, the concept of bridging 1Password entries with physical locations is friction I’d never experienced a single time. “If only this entry knew I was here already” has never happened that I can remember anyways, so my use-cases are all imaginary right now, but I’ll give it a try & be back here if I have any ideas. 🧐