

Some 1Password customers use version 7 of the password manager on their devices. In other words: the end of Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome and Chromium does not happen before October 2023. Now, Google confirmed that it will give web developers a six months of "heads-up" before it will start the process. Google's initial plan was to start the process in January 2023, but it announced in December 2022 that it would postpone this. Google postponed the end of Manifest V2 support in Chromium, and thus all browsers that use it as its core, again in April 2023. The company provides no timeline for end of support. Because of this change, in 2023, the 1Password classic extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave will no longer be supported."ġPassword recommends that customers upgrade to 1Password 8, install the new browser extension in the browsers, and uninstall the classic extensions. The 1Password support page provides the following information on the decision to end support for classic extensions: "In the future, Google will stop supporting Manifest V2 in Chrome. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.The decision may have far reaching consequences for some 1Password customers, as an upgrade to 1Password 8 is required to continue using 1Password directly in the web browser.ġPassword 8, released in 2022, introduced a controversial, or hotly debated, change, that enforced cloud storage for user vaults. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus.

Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.
