We launched Proton Pass in June 2023, and since then, we’ve focused on building features into our password and identity manager that improve your productivity and make collaboration easier. We’d like to highlight some of these recent improvements, and show you what we’ll be working on over the next six months.
What Proton Pass delivered so far in 2024
Proton Pass has grown significantly this year. Before we get into what’s coming, here’s a look at some of the key features and releases from the spring and summer:
Business solutions to help teams
To help organizations of all sizes simplify security and streamline access management, we released Proton Pass for Business. Businesses can protect their data using Proton Pass with additional features configured for organizations such as an admin panel, activity logs, and team policies for improved compliance and collaboration.
Sign in quickly and securely with passkeys
We introduced passkeys for all devices and plans: Instead of putting passkeys behind a paywall, or limiting their use to a specific platform, we made them available to everyone using Proton Pass. Passkeys are a secure and efficient alternative to passwords, allowing you to log in to your accounts with a single click. Not only does this make logging in easier, it reduces the risk of phishing attacks.
Ensure your logins are secure with Pass Monitor
Our enhanced security program, Pass Monitor, became available in May, offering Dark Web Monitoring, password health checks, inactive two-factor authentication (2FA) reminders, and Proton Sentinel.
Securely share items with a simple link
Secure Links improves collaboration by allowing you to share single items, while preserving end-to-end encryption. Links can be set to expire after a certain date or a number of views. They’re a safe way to share information with anyone, whether they have Proton Pass or not. You can also securely share vaults with other Pass users.
Proton Pass is now available on Mac and Linux
Proton Pass became available on all major platforms in June, with apps released for Mac and Linux. We also released an extension for Safari, so you can use Proton Pass on all of your devices. As your data autosyncs across devices and platforms, you now have total coverage.
Create and autofill Identities
In August, we made Identities(nova janela) available for users on all plans. Creating an identity improves your productivity by making it easy to store important information such as your name, birth date, address, and Social Security number in a single place for easy use. Once you’ve created an Identity, autofill helps you fill out forms in just a few clicks.
What’s on our product roadmap this winter/spring
In the coming months, we’ll be working on some of your most highly requested features, with the aim to make Pass even more useful for productivity and collaboration. This includes improved support for our business users, where time is money, and where we understand the importance of improved efficiency and security within a business.
Attach files to your Pass items
To help you centralize and protect all of your personal information in Proton Pass, you’ll soon be able to attach files such as documents or pictures to any item. For instance, you’ll be able to save recent bank statements to your online banking login, or attach your tax returns to your government portal login.
Permanently share single items
With Proton Pass, you can already share vaults and use secure link sharing to share logins and other items. To improve collaboration further, we’re also going to introduce single item sharing, a quick and permanent way to share a single item to someone else via Proton Pass. If you don’t need to share an entire vault, and you don’t want the information you’re sharing to expire, then single item sharing is the perfect option. Items shared this way will also be autofilled, so you won’t need to copy and paste information that’s been shared with you.
When you share a single item, the recipient won’t lose access because there’s no expiration date. You can grant write or read-only permissions. It’s just a faster, easier way to share a single login or piece of information.
Automatically clear the clipboard on all platforms
On mobile, copied text from Proton Pass (such as a username, password, or alias) is automatically deleted after a set period of time (two minutes by default). We’ve heard from you that you want this functionality available on other platforms, so we’re bringing it to our extensions, web apps, and desktop apps, too.
Autofill your credit card details with a single click or tap
Autofill is one of the Proton Pass features that saves you time and therefore improves your productivity. To help you use the internet more easily, Proton Pass will now support login, 2FA, identity and credit card autofills. In just a couple of clicks, you’ll be able to fill out complex forms using information you’ve stored in your Proton Pass account.
Drag and drop between vaults
This is one of the most highly requested features from our community. When you’re storing a lot of information in various vaults, keeping organized becomes complicated. We’re going to introduce drag-and-drop between vaults, so you can simply move and place items in one click or tap. Drag-and-drop will be available on web and desktop apps.
Give family or friends emergency access to your vaults
In the event that you’re not able to access Proton Pass or someone else needs to access your account, you’ll be able to grant emergency access to a specific, designated user. This can be helpful in an emergency situation where a loved one or friend needs access to the information you’ve stored in your Proton Pass account.
Auto-fill in desktop apps
Not all desktop apps allow native autofill, which can be frustrating when you need to fill out a form or log in to an account outside of your browser. Instead of first going to Proton Pass to copy your information and back to the app to paste it over and over, we’ll be releasing auto-type for Proton Pass. This will allow Proton Pass to autofill in desktop apps that don’t support native autofill.
Create custom item types for any of your valuable data
With this new feature, you’ll be able to customize items so they store your valuable data in a way that works for you and is suitable for the type of data that you wish to store. For example, you’ll be able to create items for software licenses, reward programs, Social Security Numbers, or whatever else will be useful to you.
Use biometrics to unlock our web app and browser extension
The Proton Pass mobile app saves you time by letting you unlock your account with a fingerprint in addition to using your PIN or password. In August 2024, we rolled out biometric login for our desktop apps (Mac/Windows) for Proton Pass Plus users. In 2025, we’ll release it for browser extensions and web apps, too, making biometric unlock available across all platforms.
Make life easier for team members with SSO support
Since we launched Proton Pass for Business, we’ve received much interest from organizations of all sizes. Specifically, we’ve had many requests for single sign-on (SSO) to streamline the authentication experience by allowing you to use a single password to log in to all of your accounts.
You’ll be able to log in to multiple applications and services with SSO, making it an excellent option for businesses aiming to reduce password-based friction within their teams. SSO will soon be available for all Proton Pass Professional and Business Suite users. SSO works with almost all identity providers (IDPs), and we’ll release easy-to-follow guides for using SSO with each IDP.
Looking ahead to next year
We’ll be releasing more information about our full 2025 roadmap in the coming months. Until then, please let us know what you’d like to see in Proton Pass. Join the conversation on X (was Twitter)(nova janela) and Reddit(nova janela), and let us know what you think.
