I switched from 1Password to Android’s native credential manager, and here is what I gained and lost
I switched from 1Password to Android’s native credential manager, and here is what I gained and lost
Publish Date: 2026-06-09 12:15:00
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I’ve been using 1Password as my go-to password manager for years now. It safely stores all my passwords, credit card information, and other sensitive data, filling them in whenever I need them.
For the longest time, I never considered switching to anything else.
The recent price hike for the yearly subscription was the push I needed to reconsider my options. So, I decided to switch to Android’s built-in Google Password Manager and see if I could live without my old password manager.
A few weeks later, here’s what I’ve gained, what I’ve missed, and whether the switch was worth it.
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Moving my passwords from 1Password to Google Password Manager was a breeze. I exported my entire 1Pass vault as a CSV and re-imported it into Google Password Manager in a few minutes.
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