Chrome for Android lacks password sync, but Chrome for iOS has it

[antef]

For the longest time I've wanted to easily access my bookmarks, open tabs, and saved passwords on my phone. These features have been slow to come by. For awhile on Gingerbread I was using Xmarks and LastPass to do this, either standalone or integrated into Dolphin. This worked decently well. Finally ICS brought bookmark syncing, and Chrome for Android did as well along with tab syncing. Everything's integrated now...except for password sync. Despite the description on the Play Store saying it syncs passwords, and despite the iOS version of the app even supporting it, Chrome for Android still does not offer this. What gives? Why would Google deliver this feature to iOS first, and not only that, but state the feature exists in the app's description? This isn't just a tiny niche feature or anything. Seems like a pretty major oversight.

 

[vshah]

edit: my bad, didn't see the word "passwords"

 

[ilkhan]

Are you sure? I believe stuff like xmarks doesn't use the default password storage vault, so thats not going to sync. But stuff that is stored by chrome does sync.

 

[antef]

Are you sure? I believe stuff like xmarks doesn't use the default password storage vault, so thats not going to sync. But stuff that is stored by chrome does sync.

Right, I'm not talking about my LastPass passwords, I'm talking about the passwords I've allowed Chrome itself to save. They do not sync. You can check yourself if you have an Android device - a "Passwords" toggle isn't even in the Sync settings, and they do not sync.

 

[dagamer34]

I really wish mobile browsers allowed plugins or even just a system a password manager can hook into. I am punished for using LastPass on mobile.

 

[SilthDraeth]

Firefox does, and I thought my chrome on my nexus 7 did, but to be honest, I never really checked to see if it worked. I use firefox as my primary browser.

Mobile firefox also can install addons.

 

[antef]

I really wish mobile browsers allowed plugins or even just a system a password manager can hook into. I am punished for using LastPass on mobile.

I feel your pain, but LastPass is worth using. I love having the mobile app available to me, but I also want to let Chrome save and sync passwords for convenience. It seems not many people do this, if so few people are even aware that this is missing from Chrome on Android.