Feature Request: PIN code to unlock

Thanks for the update ag_timothy, that is welcome news. If you would be so kind as to post in this thread once that update is released, I will install 1Password8 again and give it a shot.

Hi @acouzelis thanks for your reply. I can definitely understand your hesitance in regards to how and where your personal biometric data is stored.

On that note, I wanted to share some good news. Per our January 30th blog post (linked below), I can confirm that we will be bringing PIN unlock to the mobile apps. We don't have a specific date as to when that will make it into an update but it is on the horizon!
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Unfortunately many IT admins and cybersecurity professionals aren't comfortable with that level of personal data being stored yet. I'm the CIO of a biotech company, and just speaking anecdotally, my entire division does not use biometrics to unlock their phones. So, there's 100+ profesional tech users who are currently frustrated with 1Password mobile. We love the app, but are discussing switching to another password manager because of this lack of PIN feature. Just passing it along for your discussions. Hopefully you all can come up with a good mitigation approach in the near future. Thank you for your reply (and not being a bot...or a very good bot if you are!).

Thanks for your feedback @acouzelis. I've shared your interest with the team.

With most mobile devices now having a biometric unlock option and that being the unlock preference for most users, we did not add a PIN unlock option to the 1Password 8 mobile apps. Based on the excellent feedback we've received we are exploring additional unlock options that may be added in the future. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.

Please add me to the voices of wanting the PIN code back. I'm on an iPhone 12 mini and it doesn't have a fingerprint option, and there's NO way I'm turning on face recognition, so now I'm stuck trying to type an excessively long password into a tiny phone keyboard every time. This makes 1Password essentially useless to me. Why would you take away this fundamentally critical feature?

1P_Timothy Thank you for your feedback. I hope this feature will be released in the next version. the sooner the better. It is a very important security feature.

Hi dvmierlo, thanks for your feedback.

I can certainly understand why a PIN unlock option is vital for some users. I've gone ahead and shared your thoughts with the team. My apologies for any inconvinience.

Let’s first focus on the really important functionality for a password manager instead of a nice looking UI when rebuilding it from scratch. I will not use 1Password 8 until at least the pincode feature is back.

Hi @andrey123, thanks for sharing your feedback.

1Password 8 is a new app built from the ground up. As most Android devices running Android 9 or newer include a fingerprint scanner, we opted to focus on that as a quick unlock option. As you and other's have mentioned, there are scenarios in which a second option, such as PIN unlock would be useful and I can certainly see the benefit. I've gone ahead and shared your thoughts with the team. Thanks again!

Hey 1pass people, how is it considered acceptable to release a new version of an application that comes with reduction of featurs? On my main phone I had 1pass 8 installed and I barely noticed increased quality of life of the update. Then I lost it and have to use a temp phone without fingerprint sensor and now the app is barely usable. I also have a tablet without fingerprint sensor and I will never update to 1pass 8 until this is resolved.