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Brave Release Notes

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

Desktop

Release v1.75.178 (Feb 13, 2025)

  • Added “Visit Web Store” under “Extensions” via the hamburger menu. (#43807)
  • Added links to the Chrome Web Store under brave://extensions when extensions have been added. (#43805)
  • Fixed intermittent cursor issues on Windows. (#43824)
  • Fixed missing “Same as Linux” option for “Brave colors” under brave://settings/appearance. (#43834)
  • Fixed issue where “Word count” when setting up sync maybe incorrect in certain cases. (#43635)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 133.0.6943.98. (#43927) (Changelog for 133.0.6943.98)

Release Notes v1.75.175 (Feb 6, 2025)

Web3

  • Added Zcash “Deposit” modal. (#42221)
  • Added “Shielded” label to all shielded ZEC tokens in Brave Wallet. (#42285)
  • Added support for resolving new Unstoppable Domains TLDs. (#42368)
  • Added a prompt to “Select Account” when clicking “Send” from the “Portfolio” page. (#43131)
  • Added a “Memo” field to the Zcash transaction’s “Confirm Transaction” screen. (#42078)
  • Added a “Memo” field to the Zcash transaction’s “Send” screen. (#41986)
  • Added the “Activity” tab to the “Portfolio” segmented control on full page view. (#43024)
  • Removed the “Bridge to Aurora” button. (#42943)
  • Updated “Portfolio” page to always display “Buy”, “Send”, “Swap”, “Deposit”, and “Bridge” buttons. (#43073)
  • Fixed Brave icon being cut off on the wallet unlock screen. (#42866)
  • Fixed broken gas slider track under the “Edit” gas fee screen. (#42775)

Rewards

  • Added Web Discovery Project opt-in prompt during Brave Rewards onboarding. (#43757)
  • Implemented Brave Rewards 3.0, a completely redesigned user experience for Brave Rewards including an “Explore” page and many other new elements (being rolled out in phases using Griffin starting at 25%). (#43756)

Leo

  • Implemented full page chat for Brave Leo. (#42844)
  • Added support to install Brave Leo as a Progressive Web App (PWA). (#42701)
  • Added support to save Brave Leo conversation history. (#42576 & #42854)
  • Added support to retain Brave Leo conversation history between browser restarts. (#42800)
  • Added a page context toggle under the chat sidebar. (#42982)
  • Added URL based routing for Brave Leo chats. (#42055)
  • Added support for custom site distillers. (#40794)
  • Updated Brave Leo URL to chrome://leo-ai. (#42817)
  • Updated the Progressive Web App (PWA) icons for Brave Leo and the password manager. (#43114)

General

  • Added the ability to capture a screenshot using “Ctrl+Shift+S” on Windows and Linux and “Cmd+Shift+S” on macOS. (#42682)
  • Added support for deep linking to the Search Engine edit popup in settings. (#42999)
  • Added a warning when disabling Manifest V2 uBlock Origin via brave://settings/extensions/v2. (#42608)
  • Added right click context menu for vertical tab bar. (#41825)
  • Added the ability for users to load custom adblock scriptlets under brave://settings/shields/filters. (#25586)
  • Added per-site farbling token support. (#28904)
  • Added brave://flags/#block-all-cookies-toggle to enable the ability to block all cookies. (#42061)
  • Added a keyboard shortcut for exporting all bookmarks. (#41412)
  • Added a command line switch to disable user education popups. (#43481)
  • [Security] Fixed issue where audio was not being farbled in certain cases as reported on HackerOne by cesium_fusilli. (#42356)
  • [Security] Disabled block element picker in Private Windows as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#43495)
  • Improved contrast on active tab for dark theme. (#42751)
  • Updated the Brave VPN icon. (#42226)
  • Updated position for the “New Tab” button when using vertical tabs. (#42533)
  • Updated the Private window search engine selection UI under brave://settings/search. (#41499)
  • Updated the webcompat reporter to remember and autofill a user’s contact information. (#40021)
  • Disabled cosmetic filtering on Speedreader pages. (#40642)
  • Disabled field data fetching in DevTools. (#41934)
  • Removed known Emarsys trackers “sc_customer”, “sc_eh”, and “sc_uid” from URLs. (#43077)
  • Fixed external favicon fetch on the password manager. (#42955)
  • Fixed “Clear all” button on brave://downloads not being selectable in certain cases. (#42924)
  • Fixed “Connect” button being displayed for a region when already connected to that region using Brave VPN. (#42544)
  • Fixed extraneous tabs created when detaching a tab from a window. (#42588)
  • Fixed Brave News “Add this RSS feed” functionality to respect the HTTPS upgrade setting. (#38282)
  • Fixed artifacts being displayed after merging tabs into a browser window. (#41272)
  • Fixed shields panel being able to be opened on chrome-extension:// pages. (#43135)
  • Fixed shield icon alignment in the URL bar. (#39976)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 133.0.6943.54. (#43720) (Changelog for 133.0.6943.54)
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Android

Release Notes v1.75.175 (Feb 7, 2025)

Web3

  • Added a prompt to “Select Account” when clicking “Send” from the “Portfolio” page. (#43131)
  • Added support for resolving new Unstoppable Domains TLDs. (#42368)
  • Removed the “Bridge to Aurora” button. (#42943)

Leo

  • Added a page context toggle under the chat sidebar. (#42982)
  • Added support to save Brave Leo conversation history. (#42854)
  • Added support to retain Brave Leo conversation history between browser restarts. (#42800)
  • Added ability to delete Leo “Conversation History” either through Leo Settings or by clearing browsing data. (#42995)
  • Updated Brave Leo URL to chrome://leo-ai. (#42817)
  • Fixed issue where “Ask Leo” in URL search bar was hidden beneath the bottom toolbar. (#40217)

General

  • Added brave://flags/#block-all-cookies-toggle to enable the ability to block all cookies. (#42061)
  • Added per-site farbling token support. (#28904)
  • Added ability to block individual elements on a webpage through the shields panel. (#33241)
  • Added validation checks for ViewProvider methods in BraveAutocompleteCoordinator. (#42728)
  • [Security] Fixed issue where audio was not being farbled in certain cases as reported on HackerOne by cesium_fusilli. (#42356)
  • Improved Brave Talk to maintain microphone operation when browser is in background or device is locked. (#42897)
  • Updated the webcompat reporter to remember and autofill a user’s contact information. (#40021)
  • Updated “Only open links in current tab group” setting to be disabled by default for new users. (#42681)
  • Updated punctuation in “Browsing visibility” paragraph on Private Tab to improve readability. (#41848)
  • Replaced “Chrome” with “Brave” in “Cookies and site data” menu. (#42168)
  • Removed known Emarsys trackers “sc_customer”, “sc_eh”, and “sc_uid” from URLs. (#43077)
  • Removed cross-promotional dialog for new users. (#42942)
  • Fixed Brave Talk audio cutting off when screen is locked. (#42675)
  • Fixed crash in Android ViewGroup configuration change handler which occurred in certain cases. (#42536)
  • Fixed crash which occurred when accessing Brave News settings in certain cases. (#42069)
  • Fixed crash in BraveRewardsHelper during tab initialization which occurred intermittently. (#42319)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 133.0.6943.54. (#43720) (Changelog for 133.0.6943.54)
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iOS

Release Notes v1.74.49 (Jan 23, 2025)

Web3

  • Updated 0x “Swap” API to v2. (#41891)

General

  • Added the ability to scrub anywhere when playing videos in full screen in Playlist. (#42442)
  • Added some system player functionality on the device locked screen including support for play/pause and next/previous track on AirPods. (#42370)
  • Updated Yandex as default search engine for Uzbekistan region rather than Tanzania. (#42023)
  • Fixed crash in Brave Playlist when adding very short GIF videos. (#42638)
  • Fixed subscription status sometimes showing “Monthly Subscription” after purchasing Leo Premium yearly subscription. (#42507)
  • Fixed playlist UI not updating when moving, re-ordering or deleting items in player queue. (#42355)
  • Fixed playback speed buttons not working in Playlist fullscreen for iPad. (#41892)
  • Fixed VPN allowing profile to be installed when subscription is not purchased. (#41887)
  • Fixed “Share Private & Anonymous Product Insights” toggle being re-enabled after opening the “Learn more…” hyperlink in the onboarding flow. (41777)
  • Fixed “Advanced Settings” in Leo menu not being shown after upgrading app for certain premium subscribers. (#41579)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 132.0.6834.83. (#43183)(Changelog for 132.0.6834.83)
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