iOS 26 has made Apple Passwords the only password manager I need - 9to5Mac

Three changes introduced in iOS 26 have enabled me to make Apple’s Passwords app my one and only password manager.

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@rmondello same, with a little help of @1password which made their app much worse pushing me towards Apple Passwords.

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Also, I hope this commenter comes to realize that not being able to commingle your work and personal passwords is a feature, not a bug.

@rmondello my only real complaint with the passwords app is the search is kind of awful. Like if I search for: msonline I get a hit for MaStOdoN.onLINE which is…not anything close.

The search needs *work*

@bynkii Have you evaluated this on 26.1? We made some tweaks there. Not perfect, but better.
@rmondello just checked on iOS 26.2, this has been the usual behavior for a while.

@rmondello I’ve been a satisfied Apple Passwords user and advocate for years, and I’m happy to see that it is meeting more people’s needs.

It has become infuriatingly buggy under the 26 releases for me though. Safari will frequently ask me when I visit a website if I want to save the new password it has made for me, without asking and with no username. Sometimes for websites where I already have a password saved, so now I have to dig into the history to find the old password. (Which seems to still not be possible on iPhone?? At least I can’t find the history option.)

So I guess what I’m saying is do you need someone to do bug fixes on Passwords? Because I am available. 😜

@rmondello I’m gonna give it another shot after bouncing off and back to 1Password last year. One thing that was hard to give up was the keyboard shortcut to autofill and submit to log in when landing on a webpage. Does Passwords have anything similar to keep my hands on the keyboard?
@jarrod ⇧⌘A triggers “AutoFill Form” from Safari’s Edit menu. It’s exactly what you’re looking for.
@rmondello I‘d so much love to use it as my only PW & Passkey Manager.
But as head of a 20 person team - in a world where shared service accounts is still a thing - I would miss teams and shared secret support.
Similar for supporting extended family with people that are not understanding computers.
@rmondello The Passwords app is what finally allowed me to convince my parents and relatives to use a password manager. I really like it! Thanks, Ricky and team!
@rmondello now it only needs attachment-support and an ability for autofill to learn a new login screen by remembering which entry i choose on a given input field (login, password or 2fa) and remember it next time.
@rmondello I really like the Passwords app, but an important factor is that I primarily use Safari. It's not a great solution for other browsers. I know there's a browser extension (which I've tried), but it's more annoying to use than the integration with Safari. My primary gripe with it is that it requires a six-digit code to unlock instead of integrating with Touch ID.