Google password manager overrides third-party autofill: Difference between revisions

|Product=Google Chrome

|Type=Anti-competitive, Security

|Description=Users of the [[Google Chrome]] Android app have reported that [[Google|Google's]] password manager has blocked alternate password managers to be used on Chrome.

Users of the [[Google Chrome]] Android app have reported that [[Google|Google's]] password manager has blocked alternate password managers to be used on Chrome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android Chrome Update Breaks 1Password Autofill - How To Fix It |url=https://www.techlicious.com/blog/update-this-setting-to-keep-1password-working-in-android-chrome/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=Techlicious |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251104100907/https://www.techlicious.com/blog/update-this-setting-to-keep-1password-working-in-android-chrome/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |archive-date=4 Nov 2025}}</ref>  This does not occur on other [[Android]] web browsers or on phones without android.

Google's password manager is used for storing passwords to autofill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Password Manager |url=https://passwords.google.com/intro |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=Google |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260127070743/https://passwords.google.com/intro |archive-date=27 Jan 2026}}</ref> This has competition, with other companies making their own password managers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Issue with google and chrome app autofill on android |url=https://community.bitwarden.com/t/issue-with-google-and-chrome-app-autofill-on-android/42901?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=Bitwarden |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251018083643/https://community.bitwarden.com/t/issue-with-google-and-chrome-app-autofill-on-android/42901?utm_source=chatgpt.com |archive-date=18 Oct 2025}}</ref> This leads to healthy competition, where consumers have a variety of password managers to choose from.