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Sanjay_Joshi
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Dec 15, 2020

Now, autofill your saved passwords from Microsoft Edge on your phone!

  Greetings Insiders!   We’re excited to announce that you can now autofill passwords saved in Microsoft Edge under your Microsoft account on your mobile devices as well! We’d heard from Micros...
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vctgomes
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Dec 17, 2020

Sanjay_Joshi

I'm using it on my phone and I'm loving it. I'm also having some problems with the battery, but that's okay, assuming the Autofill is on Beta yet (I already sent the feedback), but unfortunatelly I can't send the screenshot of the system advice)

 

I hope the Samsung add native support to the Authenticator on Samsung Internet and the Android 8+ API. Microsoft might as well lend a hand in this.

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Sanjay_Joshi
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Dec 18, 2020

vctgomes Thanks for trying out the feature! You can autofill on Samsung Internet. On your Android device, open Authenticator app and go to Settings -> Autofill settings -> turn ON the "Autofill on more apps and sites" toggle. This turns on Accessibility framework which can autofill on Samsung Internet. However, accessibility framework does drain battery, so you may find your battery is affected more. Please let us know if you have any feedback!

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    vctgomes
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    Dec 21, 2020
    It's working well here, except for the battery drain, so I've turned the accessibility mode off.

    In Samsung Internet, even with the "Autofill on more apps and sites" don't allow me save passwords, but I know it's a Samsung limitations and not the Authenticator.

    A cool thing that exist on LastPass is the toggle on notifications panel (where is the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth icons). With this toggle, I can trigger a "little LastPass" everywhere, even if the app is closed, saving battery as well. I think it'd be welcome on MS Autofill.
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      HotCakeX
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      Dec 21, 2020

      I think the request to be added to the exception list of battery saving features, is so that the app can be able to show on-time notifications for approving/denying requests when signing in with Microsoft account. the password-less feature. so i think the app needs to maintain a minimal internet connectivity with the server at all times to be able to deliver those notifications on time. most Android phones, when they see an app is being idle (as they think), they shut down the background processes.

      although it differs from brand to brand.


      I use Android 9 phone (not Samsung)

       

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