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Brave Release Notes

All release notes will be reported here as new releases are made.

Desktop

Release Notes v1.81.131 (Aug 6, 2025)

Web3

  • Added support for resolving new Unstoppable Domains TLDs including .brave TLD. (#46271)
  • Added Cardano support. (#46090)
  • Added a “Shield Funds” button to the token list item dropdown for ZEC tokens. (#46596)
  • Added a “Shield Account” alert on the “Account Details” panel for Zcash accounts. (#46598)
  • Added a Brave proxy for Zcash mainnet endpoint. (#46266)
  • [Security] Added clickjacking protection on DDNS interstitials as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#47407)
  • Updated address prefix lengths when trimming addresses. (#46749)
  • Removed deprecated “Legacy Brave Crypto Wallets”. (#46205)
  • Removed gas controls for Cardano transactions. (#46752)
  • Fixed the “Post Confirmation” panel displaying incorrect information for Associated Token Account (ATA) creation. (#46713)
  • Fixed the settings menu on the “Account Details” panel tab being pushed out of view in certain cases. (#44948)

Leo

  • Added support for Temporary Chat in Brave Leo. (#46277)
  • Added support for multiple tab contexts in a single conversation in Brave Leo. (#43190)
  • Added context menu option for Leo in toolbar to set Leo to open in the Sidebar or a New Tab. (#44296)
  • Updated Brave Leo content attachment UI. (#45774)
  • Updated hamburger menu item from “Leo” to “Leo AI”. (#45075)
  • Fixed edit/copy prompt menu not displaying properly. (#46741)
  • Fixed UI issues with Brave Leo “Regenerate” menu. (#46042)

General

  • Added the ability to disable Windows “Recall” feature for all Brave windows. (#46284)
  • Added “Survey Panelists” feature which allows users to opt-in to surveys from Brave (being rolled out in phases using Griffin starting at 25%). (#45990)
  • Added support for non-Latin characters for the “:matches-path()” procedural adblock filter. (#46275)
  • Added a “Brave-hosted” label for MV2 extensions hosted on Brave’s servers. (#46916)
  • [Security] Fixed inactive split view tab displaying a permission prompt as reported on HackerOne by frozzipies. (#46870)
  • Implemented use of brave-checks.txt to spoof the “Sec-CH-UA” header for certain sites. (#46001)
  • Improved reliability of procedural filters in cases where some are invalid or unsupported. (#46294)
  • Updated allowlist for Brave-hosted MV2 extensions to keep them from being disabled when MV2 flags are disabled/removed (will be enabled via Griffin in the future). (#46921)
  • Updated warning text for brave://settings/extensions/v2. (#46917)
  • Disabled WebTorrent. (#46416)
  • Removed “not found on Web Store” warning for Brave-hosted extensions. (#46919)
  • Fixed error when trying to set a Brave group policy through Microsoft Intune. (#42956)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 139.0.7258.66. (#48048) (Changelog for 139.0.7258.66)
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Android

Release Notes v1.81.131 (Aug 6, 2025)

Web3

  • Added a Brave proxy for Zcash mainnet endpoint. (#46266)
  • Added support for resolving new Unstoppable Domains TLDs including “.brave” TLD. (#46271)
  • Added a “Shield Account” alert on the “Account Details” panel for Zcash accounts. (#46598)
  • [Security] Added clickjacking protection on DDNS interstitials as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#47407)
  • Fixed the settings menu on the “Account Details” panel tab being pushed out of view in certain cases. (#44948)
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when connecting Wallet to DApps in certain cases. (#46248)

Leo

  • Added support for multiple tab contexts in a single conversation in Brave Leo. (#43190)
  • Added support for “Temporary chat” in Brave Leo. (#46277)
  • Fixed UI issues with Brave Leo “Regenerate” menu. (#46042)
  • Fixed edit/copy prompt menu not displaying properly. (#46741)

General

  • Added “Survey Panelists” feature which allows users to opt-in to surveys from Brave (being rolled out in phases using Griffin starting at 25%). (#45990)
  • Enabled download progress notifications by default. (#46400)
  • Implemented use of “brave-checks.txt” to spoof the “Sec-CH-UA” header for certain sites. (#46001)
  • Improved reliability of procedural filters in cases where some are invalid or unsupported. (#46294)
  • Improved Brave widgets color scheme to align with Material Design. (#46537)
  • Fixed placement of “Automatically remove permissions” under “Site settings”. (#46547)
  • Fixed bookmark export functionality on Android 10-12 devices. (#43443)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 139.0.7258.66. (#48048) (Changelog for 139.0.7258.66)
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iOS

Release Notes v1.80.121 (Jul 10, 2025)

Release Notes v1.80.116 (Jul 7, 2025)

  • Added “Recently Closed Tabs” section to History UI. (#45679)
  • Added eTLD+1 extension on URL and baseDomain improvements. (#44214)
  • Enabled new onboarding UI for all regions. (#47061)
  • Dropped support for iOS 16. (#45702)
  • Removed “Show in Address Bar” preference from Leo settings. (#47091)
  • Updated Playlist UI by replacing seek interval with previous/next buttons in the main controls. (#46104)
  • [Security] Fixed launching external app links with Chromium Web Views enabled as reported on HackerOne by syarif07. (#46854)
  • [Security] Fixed URL bar text not being reverted in certain cases when a new frame is loaded as reported on HackerOne by frozzipies. (#47107)
  • Fixed quick searches accessed via search history opening the incorrect search engine. (#45384)
  • Fixed “Original Text” string being shown when using Translate on https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/get-started with Reader Mode enabled. (#46446)
  • Fixed “:matches-path()” type selector hiding the entire webpage when used in the beginning of a procedural filter script. (#46220)
  • Fixed “Chinese, Simplified” and “Chinese, Traditional” providing the exact same translation for websites. (#45946)
  • Fixed tabs being opened in private mode when launching a new Private Window. (#45827)
  • Fixed issue where Leo is allowed to be launched via the Shortcut button when private browsing. (#46423)
  • Fixed the suggestion sections in the omnibox being blocked by the keyboard. (#45803)
  • Fixed URLs with “blob” or “data” schemes not opening if triggered as pop-up using window.open. (#45647)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 138.0.7204.97. (#47276)(Changelog for 138.0.7204.97)
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