Unlock with biometrics is currently not supported for: Unlock with biometrics is supported for extensions on Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, and more), Firefox 87+, and Safari 14+. This permission is safe, but optional, and will enable the integration that is required to enable unlock with biometrics.ĭeclining this permission will allow you to use the browser extension as normal, without unlock with biometrics functionality. To facilitate this integration, browser extensions except Safari will ask you to accept a new permission for Bitwarden to communicate with cooperating native applications. Two things to bear in mind before enabling the integration are Permissions and Supportability, documented below: Permissions For all except Safari, the Bitwarden desktop app must be logged in and running in order to use unlock with biometrics for a browser extension.īrowser extensions support the same biometrics options as desktop for Windows via Windows Hello using PIN, Facial Recognition, or other hardware that meets Windows Hello biometric requirements and for macOS via Touch ID.

In practical terms, this means:įor all browser extensions, you will need to enable unlock with biometrics in desktop before proceeding. Unlock with biometrics is supported for extensions through an integration with the Bitwarden desktop app.

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