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RCxRC
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13 days ago

Re: Ongoing Autofill Issues on Android

This has been happening for nearly a year now.  Every time Android "updates", it seems to break whatever settings autofill was on (preferably 1PW, or why would we be here) and "reset" the Chrome browser to default to using Google Chrome's built-in password manager.  I too have found I need to regularly go into the app, settings, auto-fill, and switch back to "use another password manager", then re-start the Chrome browser.  Incidentally, this also seems to be the same exact problem with M.S. Edge's "Chrome" based browser in my Windows 10 OS.  Every time they update (nearly daily), they break the functionality within that browser too, to where it doesn't work as it should.  Between Google and M.S., they are clearly trying to "WIN" the password manager war and break 1PW's back with functionality issues and complaints.  Perhaps their persuasion campaign to push passkeys (and to manage those too) is driving all of this, or they do it just because they can, or something else is driving it...  I see three separate threads on this same topic among just the first page of results on the "Android" tagged topic list page, so this is clearly widespread and hitting a nerve.  By design, I suspect (looking straight at you, Google & M.S.).  Maybe 1PW simply needs to follow-on right after any Chrome update with one of their own, if only to "reset" the damage the Chrome update always seems to do to these settings.

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  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    4 hours ago

    Hello RCxRC​! 👋

    I'm sorry that you're running into autofill issues on both your Android device and Windows PC. I've split your comments into a new thread since you seem to be reported slightly different symptoms from the folks in the other threads.

    On both your Windows PC and your Android device, have you had to change your settings again since you posted 13 days ago? And what specific settings are being changed on your Windows PC after a Chrome update? 

    I look forward to hearing from you.

    -Dave

  • RCxRC's avatar
    RCxRC
    Occasional Contributor
    13 days ago

    This has been happening for nearly a year now.  Every time Android "updates", it seems to break whatever settings autofill was on (preferably 1PW, or why would we be here) and "reset" the Chrome browser to default to using Google Chrome's built-in password manager.  I too have found I need to regularly go into the app, settings, auto-fill, and switch back to "use another password manager", then re-start the Chrome browser.  Incidentally, this also seems to be the same exact problem with M.S. Edge's "Chrome" based browser in my Windows 10 OS.  Every time they update (nearly daily), they break the functionality within that browser too, to where it doesn't work as it should.  Between Google and M.S., they are clearly trying to "WIN" the password manager war and break 1PW's back with functionality issues and complaints.  Perhaps their persuasion campaign to push passkeys (and to manage those too) is driving all of this, or they do it just because they can, or something else is driving it...  I see three separate threads on this same topic among just the first page of results on the "Android" tagged topic list page, so this is clearly widespread and hitting a nerve.  By design, I suspect (looking straight at you, Google & M.S.).  Maybe 1PW simply needs to follow-on right after any Chrome update with one of their own, if only to "reset" the damage the Chrome update always seems to do to these settings.