Release date of 1Password 8 please?

Howdy All,

The release date for 1Password 8 for Windows is today!

My point was that MacLife was reviewing an early release version and they were thinking that final release would be in September. They didn’t say they were not reviewing the stable release, so it looks like if you were reading the magazine that V8 was out of the gate. Maybe it’s me but I think they were wrong to review anything but the stable release, and if they were reviewing an early release, they should have said so.

My feeling is that it should not be announced until all the t’s and i’s are crossed and dotted, how ever long that may take.

DrSFG It's not an early release any more. The last v8 version was called a release candidate. This tells us the release is imminent - this year, I suppose. Probably as Christmas gift. Even though I would say that bureaucracy software like a password manager is not necessarily the greatest Christmas gift in the world.

Thank you for letting us know DrSFG :+1:

To add to the confusion, the December 2021 issue of MacLife (just received about a week ago) is reviewing it (glowingly I must say) as if it's out of the gate. There is no mention that they are reviewing an early release.

TGP

We have not announced a release date for the stable version of 1Password 8 at this point.

Ben

When will it be released?

@r1ma:

Thank you for the feedback :+1: I don't think you should worry about the Windows version though, as you can certainly run both Windows 11 and 1Password 8 if you prefer.

Ben, thanks for the info. I hope 1Password 8 will be released before October 5. Since Windows 11 will be out in Oct 5. Thank you again.

Hi @r1ma

I realize it probably isn't a very satisfying answer, but it's the most honest one I can give: when it's ready. We initially had an internal deadline for ourselves set for sometime in September:

However with a self-imposed ship date of September 2021, our timeline to bring these apps to stable was starting to look a bit tight.

https://blog.1password.com/1password-8-the-story-so-far/

One of our founders, Roustem, later clarified:

that was an internal, self-imposed deadline. It is important to have one, otherwise the software will never be shipped. I am happy that we have the public beta finally available. It helps us judge the readiness of the app for official release. At this point, there is no doubt that September will not work.

This was in reference to 1Password 8 for Mac specifically, but it may (likely) be applicable to 1Password 8 for Windows as well. I wish I could give you a more definitive answer, but some of these decisions haven't been set in stone yet.

Ben