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Release Fri, Aug 21, 2026 2 min read

Bitwarden Android Authenticator 2026.8.0

Original release notes

Overview

Various under-the-hood bug fixes and improvements

What's Changed

Community Highlight

  • [PM-40773] bug: Fix accessibility detection on Android 16+ by @7heMech in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7197

:shipit: Feature Development

  • [PM-40930] feat: Added log when fill assist is invoked by @aj-rosado in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7208
  • [PM-40527] feat: Add SendControls policy data model and feature flags by @andrebispo5 in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7179
  • [PM-41103] feat: Add identity autofill feature flag by @aj-rosado in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7222
  • PM-37879: feat: Add SDK state bridge by @david-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7204
  • feat: VFO-1 naming changes feature branch by @andrebispo5 in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7196
  • PM-41466: feat: Filter out unknown Send types by @david-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7241
  • [PM-40529] feat: Add 14-day option to Send deletion date dropdown by @andrebispo5 in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7240

Bug fixes

  • [PM-40995] fix: Allow fill-assist to rescue autofill requests when heuristics find no fields by @aj-rosado in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7214
  • [PM-41100] fix: Complete the VFO-1 organization-to-vault revert by @andrebispo5 in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7220
  • [PM-39840] fix: Scope cookie bootstrap to the request's environment by @aj-rosado in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7243
  • Fix Play Store track promotion to search through more releases by @AmyLGalles in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7248

Maintenance

  • Crowdin Pull by @bw-ghapp[bot] in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7210
  • PM-41062: chore: Separate ephemeral and persistent pin envelopes by @david-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7218
  • PM-41423: chore: Separate ForcePasswordResetReason from MasterPasswordUnlockData by @david-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7237
  • chore: remove checkmarx sast job by @acolom-bw in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7225
  • PM-41429: Chore: Decouple dependencies by @david-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7238

Dependency Updates

  • Update SDK to 3.0.0-8014-7eb08fbb by @bw-ghapp[bot] in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7207
  • [PM-39978] Fix compilation errors caused by Item type Send support in the SDK by @mcamirault in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7224
  • [deps]: Lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/6974
  • Update SDK to 3.0.0-8157-eb825d59 by @bw-ghapp[bot] in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7217

New Contributors

  • @7heMech made their first contribution in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7197
  • @acolom-bw made their first contribution in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7225
  • @mcamirault made their first contribution in https://github.com/bitwarden/android/pull/7224

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bitwarden/android/compare/v2026.7.1-bwa...v2026.8.0-bwa Builds Source: https://github.com/bitwarden/android/actions/runs/31214378150