October 2024 Spotlight: Preview the browser extension UI refresh

Here’s what’s ahead for Bitwarden
Are you looking for a user interface refresh? Browser extension and mobile app redesigns are in the works (see a preview of the browser extension UI update below). Hoping for more passkey support? It’s on the way! Explore the latest roadmap in the Bitwarden Community Forums.

Preview the new browser extension UI
After months of careful design and execution, impactful updates to the browser extension user interface are about to roll out. Over the years, many features have been added to the extension, requiring a more streamlined, intuitive, and modern design. Be one of the first to access a preview through a special unlisted extension in the Chrome web store.

Unlock your vault with biometrics (4 min)
Biometrics aren’t just for your phone. Use the password-free login feature to unlock Bitwarden on your desktop and browser, too! All you need is your face or fingerprint. Enable Unlock with Biometrics in a few minutes or less to save yourself more time later.

Enabling two-step login for your Bitwarden account (1 min 30 sec)
Two-step login, also called two-factor authentication (2FA), is the most important step to protect your online data (other than using a strong master password). In under two minutes, watch this easy-to-follow guide on two-step login.

How to use custom fields (2 min 30 sec)
Custom field types are a powerful feature for collecting and storing additional data, such as adding an SSH key to a login item in your vault or associating a business with a corporate credit card. Using custom fields, you can store up to 5,000 characters in any vault item type: Login, Card, Identity, or Secure Note.

Self host your own open source password manager
Announced in October: “Deploying Bitwarden to your own hosted environment is now a first-class feature.” Anyone from an individual user to a full-blown business can enjoy using Bitwarden on their own servers with no dependency on the Bitwarden cloud-hosted servers.

How to share passwords at work, at home, or on the go
Need to share passwords with friends and family? Try Bitwarden Send. Sharing with clients and co-workers? Create a Collection within a Bitwarden Organization. Check out this quick guide to sharing passwords with anyone, anywhere.

Passkeys go mobile!
This one is still a fan favorite for good reason. Passkeys became available to the Bitwarden iOS and Android apps in May. If you haven’t started using passkeys in mobile apps yet, this how-to will bring you up to speed.

Must-see moments from the 2024 Open Source Security Summit
Keren Elazari, keynote speaker: “People used to say software is eating the world. What is happening now is - AI is eating software.” What does the future of cybersecurity look like? Elazari, a friendly hacker, and Kim Zetter, award-winning journalist and author reporting on national and cyber security, break down the intersection of AI, LLMs, and cybersecurity.

That’s it for now. For more product updates and online security tips, visit the Bitwarden blog.

Until next time,

Team Bitwarden