Bitwarden releases phased beta for native mobile apps

Editor's Note:

The Bitwarden native iOS app is now in General Availability (GA), allowing iOS users to fully experience enhanced performance and an improved user experience. Whether you’re new to Bitwarden or a long-time user, explore this latest update by downloading the app on the iOS app store.

• Android: Join the Google group here for access to an app download link.

• iOS: Join the beta group here from your iOS device for access through the Testflight app.

Recently, founder and CTO Kyle Spearrin explained the evolution of Bitwarden mobile development and the move to native mobile applications. This allows Bitwarden to offer users more cutting edge features, enhanced app performance, and deeper integration with native hardware capabilities such as biometrics and multi-device support. To hear more about the Bitwarden mobile app journey, head over to this Reddit post. 

Today, Bitwarden announces the beta rollout of its native applications for iOS and Android, with each subsequent phase introducing new functionalities and optimizations. By general availability, users of the Bitwarden Password Manager mobile application will experience benefits including: 

• Improved performance via snappier UI, faster screen transitions and button responses

• A smoother, more responsive interface tailored to mobile platforms

• A more intuitive experience that aligns to the operating system so users interact with the apps using behaviors with which they are already familiar

• A general boost to security and privacy, since native apps access integrated security features that are platform-specific

Bitwarden is committed to delivering a superior user experience and will continue to engage the community to refine and enhance its offerings. 

Here are a few ways to participate in the beta program:

• Provide feedback in the beta section of the community forum 

• Share feedback on iOS directly from the TestFlight app by navigating to Bitwarden > Send Beta Feedback

• Share feedback on Android from the Play Store listing for the Bitwarden app

• Add comments on this reddit thread

• Review the code in publicly available Bitwarden GitHub repositories.