I’m transitioning to Bitwarden having been using a hodgepodge of Firefox and Google password management. I’m gradually trying to de-google anyway and I’ve got a bit frustrated with the Firefox Android password manager (fine on desktop, often doesn’t offer to generate passwords on mobile).
Do people have any tips for how to get the most out of Bitwarden on Android? I’ve done these things:
- Switched the main Auto-fill setting over (and enabled auto-fill in Bitwarden)
- Disabled Firefox’s password management
- Turned off “Offer to save passwords” and “auto sign-in” in Google Password Manager
- Turned off Privacy->Use auto-fill with Google
Is there anything else I should do? Is there a Bitwarden equivalent to everything you could do with the Google services? E.g. some apps said “Google Smart Lock” and they don’t appear to do anything now.
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I’ve found one of the best things I did was to enable biometric sign in. Sometimes the auto fill option doesn’t come up, and having the app accessible and with a very quick sign in helps tremendously. I also try to add a key word for sites as well, as it’s quicker to search sometimes. Oh, and changed to a passphrase, because they’re cooler
Assuming you mean that Bitwarden doesn’t always show up when you go to type in a user name or password then in my experience that is just a thing with Bitwarden. It is frustrating though. I’ve found that sometimes closing the app out my recent apps and reopening will get it to pop up or just give it a few seconds it will will show up as well. I haven’t noticed it happening in a whole lot of apps though.
As far as google smart lock I really only remember seeing that with Netflix and Bitwarden seems to play fine with my Netflix app.
Enabling the accessibility mode does help ensure Bitwarden pops up. I wish the built in Autofill were more robust like on iOS though.
Yeah that would be spectacular. My work phone is iOS and I don’t think I’ve ever had it not work on that 😂 still greatly prefer my Pixel 7 Pro though.
No offence to Bitwarden, I used them for a year, but it’s pretty bare bones.
I use 1Password which is a much better, feature rich manager. And it works on all devices including Linux.
Just curious - what’s wrong with the Bitwarden Linux client?
Not the Linux client specifically, but compared to other password managers like KeepassXC or 1Password it’s just seriously lacking in even some basic features (e.g. sorting) and has a terrible UX in places.
This has gotten a little bit better in the web client I think, but folder management in the desktop client for example is still just plain ridiculous. You create a folder by typing its full name in the hierarchy. I.e. to create a folder for Lemmy accounts you might have to create a folder “Websites”, then a folder “Websites/Social Media”, then a folder “Websites/Social Media/Lemmy”. If you then wanted to move your accounts into that folder, there is no multi-select, no drag-and-drop. You have to go into every single account, select edit, click the folder drop-down, select the folder and click save. If you then want to e.g. rename the “Social Media” folder to “Socials”, you again have to go through every single of its subfolders and change the “Social Media” part in their names to “Socials”.
This has been the case since forever and revamping folder management isn’t even on their roadmap. And don’t even mention “advanced” features like tagging or a trash/archived folder for accounts that shouldn’t be automatically suggested in the browser extension. Like with so many other features that the community has been requesting for ages, development seems to be either very slow or non-existent.
That said, I’m still a paying Bitwarden user, but if it weren’t for the convenient synchronization between devices and good user/password fields detection of the browser extension I’d switch back to KeepassXC in an instant.
Nothing wrong with it but it only lets you save passwords.
1Password let’s you save Passports, ID, Various bank cards, Software licences, notes, attach documents, WiFi passwords, crypto wallet, SSH keys, and way more.
Bitwarden actually does support storing files once you move into their paid tier starting at $10/year.
