1Password 6 for iOS: The Extreme Makeover Edition is here!
We all have a ton of passwords and important information to keep track of, and 1Password is the best place to keep it all safe and sound. Whether it’s your passwords, passport number, or credit card information, 1Password makes it convenient for you to stay secure, because we love you. ?
Over the years, as our data has moved from our desks to our pockets to our wrists, we’ve built (and rebuilt) 1Password to have the strongest defenses and the easiest usability. With iOS 9 we’ve created some amazing new additions and we’re finally ready for the big reveal.
Meet 1Password 6 for iOS.
A lovely shade of #1A8CFF
One of the first things we noticed when starting this project was that 1Password was looking a little, well, monochrome. Our designers spent hours holding up paint chips under different lights and finally settled on #1A8CFF to make everything pop. We affectionately call it Bits Blue. We’ve also pushed around the pixels of the category icons to make them more delightful, and beautified 1Browser. Don’t worry, everything you know and love is still in a familiar spot; it just looks shiny, new, and wonderful.
Rolling around new passwords
A password’s greatest strengths are its length and its randomness. But let’s be honest, sometimes you need to type in a password by hand and typing ErymQd3svcqM3BPYKWh is hard.
With our new Wordlist Password Generator, you can create long passwords out of randomly chosen real words: cellist-dander-signify-esteem-elver is easy to read, easy to type, and super secure. The new generator is inspired by Arnold Reinhold’s Diceware. We think it’s an amazing concept and aligns perfectly with our goal of making it simple and convenient for you to secure your digital life.
Pro tip: Diceware passwords make terrific answers to security questions! To have 1Password remember them for you, add a custom section with a custom password field to the Login item (Pro Features required for custom fields).
Installing a Spotlight
Spotlight search has always been a handy tool in iOS, helping you find things very quickly on your iOS device: a friend’s phone number, directions to a restaurant, or that important email that is somewhere in your inbox.
Spotlight is supercharged in iOS 9, and we’re taking advantage of it. New in 1Password 6 for iOS, Spotlight can search your 1Password data from the iOS home screen and take you straight to the desired item! It’s never been faster to find an item, and 1Password doesn’t even need to be open to do it.
To start using Spotlight with 1Password, enable the feature in 1Password > Settings > General.
Landscaping improvements
1Password has always been a portrait of amazingly convenient security, but its landscape mode has been limited to the larger screen of the iPad. We’ve made some significant improvements to landscape view support on iPad, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone 6s Plus.
On supported iPad models, 1Password will take advantage of the new Slide Over and Split View features in iOS 9, automatically scaling to the view size you set. On iPhone 6 Plus and 6s Plus, 1Password will now use that extra space to stretch out in landscape mode, displaying your categories and items in a column alongside the detail view.
A more watchful security companion
You’ve been telling us how convenient it is to look up Logins, Credit Cards, Secure Notes, and Passwords on your Apple Watch, but you’ve also told us you wanted more. By popular demand, 1Password for Apple Watch now supports more category types.
Say hello to Passports, Wireless Routers, Driver’s Licenses, Social Security Numbers, and Bank Accounts right on your wrist! To add items from these categories, open the item in the iPhone app and tap Add to Apple Watch.
We’ve also added a convenient way to manually lock 1Password for Apple Watch: simply Force Touch the screen and tap the Lock button.
How much does this extreme makeover cost?
Given the fantastic new features and improvements, you might be thinking 1Password 6 is a paid upgrade, which makes what I’m about to tell you even more incredible. Basic features are still free for everyone, and if you’ve already purchased the Pro features in 1Password 5, you still have them in 1Password 6 for no additional cost. 1Password 6 is available on the App Store.
If you find 1Password useful, please take a couple of moments to leave a rating and review on the App Store. It makes a huge difference to us. Thank you very much! Remember that we can’t reply to App Store reviews, so please post requests for technical support on our forums, or email support@agilebits.com.
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Is the new 1Password for iOS supporting the 6-digit PIN unlock code of iOS9? I don’t see that option in my iPad Air.
Hi there,
We don’t support a 6 digit pin code at the moment, but I have submitted a feature request on your behalf. Thanks for asking!
Newest version of 1Password, iOS 9. Sync via iCloud has a problem (always checking and checking ) on my iPad, but fine on iPhone.
Why is that?
Hi Steve,
Are you still having issues with 1Password 6 and iCloud syncing? If so, can you please update to 1Password 6.0.1. That should have the fix for the iCloud syncing issue you are seeing.
If not, please go to our Discussion Forum at http://discussions.agilebits.com so we can help you out.
Love this app! It works great for me!
Thanks
Anne,
Thanks! That it so great to hear.
I am interested but i want to read it in Dutch. Is that possible?
Hi Ernst,
We use Crowdin for or localization and it looks like the Dutch translation is only 54% complete. If you are interested, you can join in the translation process here:https://crowdin.com/project/1password-for-ios-and-osx
I tried to download and install this but get an endless loop of requests for my PW/fingerprint. Feh.
Hi Wendie,
Are you still having issues downloading the app or were you eventually successful?
I, too, am unable to find this on the App store. Still getting put on the 5.3 version from April.
Hi Choptank,
Have you updated your iOS device to iOS 9? If so and you are wanting/needing help please go to our Discussion Forum at http://discussions.agilebits.com.
Thanks all have now been able to update to new version
Great upgrade, thank you. And free too, that’s very generous!
You are very welcome!
Hi.
I have an old iPad 2 and an iPhone 5S.
Yesterday, I upgraded both to IOS 9.
Nice on the iPhone but I’m not happy for the iPad…
I think I’ll restore an previous backup with IOS 8.
What about 1Password ?
I suppose that my ‘old version’ 5 will continue to synchronise with the data of the Mac (under Yosemite) and those of the iPhone (under IOS 9 and 1Password 6) ?
Thanks in advance for the response.
Phil
Hi Phil,
Yes, you will be able to sync your data across iOS devices running both iOS 8 and iOS as well as with your Mac, regardless of whether you are running Yosemite or El Capitan.
how do I get 1Password 6 all my updates jusy show Password 5
Hi Michael,
I’m sorry to hear that you are having issues finding 1Password 6 in the iOS app store. Can you confirm that you have updated to iOS 9?
If you have and you are still having troubles, please feel free to ask our supports Jedis at http://discussions.agilebits.com.
Thanks now fixed
Why are all of my logins and passwords encrypted on my iphone? It basically does me no good since I can’t understand any of the logins. How do you change this?
Hi Mark,
I’m not sure I’m following you 100% as your logins and passwords should indeed be encrypted on your iPhone in order to keep them safe. We use your Master Password to encrypt your data so only you can see your data.
It sounds like you may be seeing garbled information after unlocking 1Password? If so, could you contact us at support@1password.com and include some screenshots so we can better understand what’s happening?
Thanks!
++dave;