Introducing universal sign-in: a seamless solution for every way you login

Today we're releasing universal sign-in, a new experience from 1Password that provides a seamless and secure way to sign into any site with your preferred method. It's currently available to all customers in the latest version of the 1Password browser extension.

A single prompt for every sign-in

Signing in doesn’t happen one way anymore. A single site might support passwords, passkeys, or third-party providers like Google. Over the last several years, 1Password has evolved to support all major authentication methods used today (passwords, passkeys, 2FA, social logins, OIDC and SAML). But the authentication experience varied because of differences with the underlying technologies.

Not having a consistent way to use every authentication type 1Password offered meant needing to remember which third-party provider account you used, manually submitting pages, or needing to find and click sign-in fields. No password manager on the market had a single, consistent way to let you sign in, until now.

Universal sign-in means that when you land on a login page, 1Password displays a single prompt to sign in using the authentication method you’ve chosen for that website. No need to remember how you’ve logged into the website in the past; passwords, passkeys, one-time codes, social logins, and company-managed apps will all appear in the same, intuitive prompt. Simply pick which account you’d like to sign in with, and 1Password handles the rest.

How it works

1. Visit a login page, or launch a saved login in 1Password with an available sign-in URL.
2. The universal sign-in prompt appears at the top of the login page using our new advanced field analysis. It’ll appear when you need it, and disappear when you don’t.
3. Every account and available authentication method is listed and selectable within the universal sign-in prompt.
4. Choose the login you’d like to use. Over time, 1Password also learns which accounts and methods you prefer using for that site.
5. 1Password then automatically fills your credentials across however many steps it takes to log into the site. It submits the forms, enters your one-time code, signs you in with your passkey, or selects the right provider for a social login or a managed app.
6. If a site requires you to manually complete a sign in step, an alert will display describing what the site needs you to do to complete sign in.

Making universal sign-in possible

1Password already provided best-in-class autofill functionality. With universal sign-in, we’re taking it a step further by improving the accuracy and speed of field analysis (i.e. what 1Password can and should autofill on a webpage) and sign-in with button detection (identifying buttons that allow third-party sign-in). This allows us to surface a consistent sign-in experience across many webpages, even when dynamic content changes.

What once required multiple steps and clicks has been streamlined, reducing the time and effort it takes for you to sign in. Improving our field accuracy also improves both filling and autosubmit accuracy, making sure multi-page login flows are a seamless experience.

Another crucial improvement involves how we handle URLs. The website address saved on a login is usually not the address that signs you in. It’s often the homepage or the URL where you created the account in the first place. When you ask 1Password to open the site and fill in your details, it can leave you searching for the right way to login. To solve this problem, we developed enhanced sign-in URLs.

That means when you click open and fill from the browser extension or desktop app, you’re brought to the correct login page where 1Password can sign in for you, even when the sign-in URL isn’t actually saved on your login. For more than a thousand of the most popular sites on the internet, sign-in now just works, and we plan to keep expanding the coverage.

A consistent sign-in layer matters for humans and agents

Universal sign-in is an enhanced change to the user experience, making it easier to sign in for both humans and agents, without sacrificing control or security.

Once every authentication method runs through our universal sign-in system, that system can be driven by something other than your click, including an AI agent acting with your explicit approval. That is the principle behind 1Password for Claude: your credentials stay in 1Password, access is scoped and approved, and the sign-in still happens. Universal sign-in is the layer underneath that makes it work the same way regardless of how a site expects you to authenticate.

Try universal sign-in today

Universal sign-in is available in the latest 1Password browser extension, across Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari and other supported browsers.

Already using 1Password?

Update your browser extension and you are set. It works with the logins already in your vaults, so there is nothing to move or re-save.

New to 1Password?

[Start a free 14-day trial](https://1password.com/pricing/password-manager) and universal sign-in is there from your first login.