A Present for Chrome OS and Linux Users [see Dave's first post for details]

dteare · July 2017

Thanks to all of our beta testers for coming along with us on this journey...and this is only the beginning! At this point you can choose your own path to use 1Password X with your 1Password.com membership:

Use the 1Password X (stable version):

or

Join our 1Password X Explorers (beta) program:

Thanks for being awesome! We're here if you need us. :chuffed: :+1:

Happy day, fellow bitizen!

Today I am incredibly excited to announce we're starting beta testing on a new addition to our 1Password family: a brand new Chrome extension made especially for our Linux and Chrome OS users!

We're currently in private beta testing and we'd love to have you join our beta family for an early sneak peek.

Even though things are pretty solid and working well, it's important to remember this is a beta. As such this isn't going to be for everyone (at least not yet), but if you love being on the bleeding edge, please sign up for the beta here. The only information we need is your forum username as well as the email you are using with your 1Password membership.

Once we hear from you we'll grant you access to a private beta discussion group on these forums along with setup instructions.

I'm looking forward to welcoming you to our beta family! <3

timrijckaert · July 2017

What about integration with local vaults?
Synchronized with Dropbox.

Ben · July 2017

Hi @timrijckaert

Good question. :) The focus for the foreseeable future is on 1Password memberships as we need control of both sides of to make this new Chrome extension work. In theory we could make it work with Dropbox but it would never be as good as we've specifically optimized our servers to make the process as great as it can be. Also, there's a lot more to local vaults than just incorporating the Dropbox api – WLAN Sync and iCloud would also need to be considered as well as completely new approach for adding additional vaults and accounts.

In sum this new app will be focused on 1Password memberships for the foreseeable future. but we're not ruling anything out. We don't have anything to announce with regards to additional functionality for local vaults at this time, but we'll be sure to post more info when we do. :+1:

Ben

omkarim · July 2017

Hi,

I'm a long time 1Password user on Mac and recently acquired a Chromebook with Android app support. I have the 1Password Android app running and was wondering if the upcoming browser extension for Chrome OS will be able to communicate with it to support Autofill etc...

Thanks!
Omar

AGAlumB · July 2017

@omkarim: I don't think I'd rule it out completely, but currently the Android team is focused on making 1Password for Android the best it can be on that platform, and there's a lot of work that needs to be done there yet. Fortunately one thing we are working on that can help you is this new ChromeOS-compatible extension that you can use on your Chromebook. Cheers! :)

XIII · July 2017

Does this Chrome extension not require a "mini" counterpart? (unlike macOS & Windows?)

AGAlumB · July 2017

@XIII: I think the answer to your question probably should be "no", but one might think of 1Password.com as filling a similar role in this case since it stores the data. Dave may jump in and correct me if this is a bad analogy though. :lol:

moonux · July 2017

Hi there, very excited about giving this a go. After sending in a request to join the beta, about how long does it take to get access?

Thanks!

beyer · July 2017

@moonux: It totally depends on our workload at the time, but in this case, I've replied to your message.