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Brave Release Notes

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

Desktop

Release Notes v1.77.100 (Apr 16, 2025)

Release Notes v1.77.97 (Apr 9, 2025)

  • Updated “Top sites” to “Top Suggestions” under brave://settings/appearance. (#44592)
  • Reduced the width of the bookmarks application menu. (#45165)
  • Fixed crash which occurred when a tab is sent from mobile to desktop. (#45198)
  • Fixed insecure download indicator not being displayed. (#45159)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.84. (#45297) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.84)

Release Notes v1.77.95 (Apr 2, 2025)

Web3

  • Added Zcash shielded support. (#44432)
  • Added a prompt to “Select Account” when clicking “Swap” or “Bridge” from the “Portfolio” page. (#43441)
  • Updated Brave Wallet to check portfolio balance using optimized balance scanner. (#44018)
  • Updated UI to always display “Buy”, “Send”, “Swap”, “Bridge”, and “Deposit” in the “Asset Details” screen. (#43198)
  • Expanded tokens list to fetch top 5000 ranked tokens. (#44019)
  • Fixed Web3 DApp explorer section to list DApps. (#44929)

Leo

  • Added the ability to show/hide reasoning for supported models like Deepseek. (#43497)
  • Added “Qwen 14B” to the list of pre-loaded models. (#43677)
  • Updated Leo to show web sources used to generate query response from Brave Search. (#39630)

Rewards

  • Added “Next earnings payout date” to the “Home” view. (#43715)

General

  • Added “Use Vertical Tabs” option to the toolbar context menu. (#41721)
  • [Security] Updated brave://downloads to always display the download URL as reported on HackerOne by cj27_. (#43501)
  • [Security] Prevent extensions from injecting content scripts on https://account.brave.com as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#42998)
  • Enabled on-device suggestions model for all search providers. (#43762)
  • Updated default search engine to Yahoo! JAPAN for new installations in Japan region. (#44148)
  • Updated the Safe Browsing “Standard protection” setting description under brave://settings/security. (#44377)
  • Updated the focus border color on the URL bar to match user selected theme. (#44389)
  • Updated icons on the Tab Groups menu. (#43792)
  • Updated menu icon on the Extensions drop down. (#43872)
  • Updated header order displayed on brave://settings. (#43718)
  • Fixed crash which could occur when unlocking 1Password extension on macOS in certain cases. (#44210)
  • Fixed performance/animation jank when dragging tabs in vertical tab mode. (#44050)
  • Fixed issue where some pinned tabs are hidden at startup in vertical tab mode on Windows. (#44276)
  • Fixed detached window being hidden during tab dragging when in vertical tab mode. (#44397)
  • Fixed detached tab in new window not being rendered properly until releasing the mouse press when using vertical tab mode. (#44032)
  • Fixed inability to resize sidebar panels in certain cases. (#43507)
  • Fixed issue where various websites were broken with fingerprinting protections enabled. (#43555)
  • Fixed hamburger menu being cut off in certain locales on Windows and Linux. (#41364)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.52. (#45124) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.52)
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Android

Release Notes v1.77.100 (Apr 16, 2025)

Release Notes v1.77.97 (Apr 10, 2025)

Release Notes v1.77.95 (Apr 3, 2025)

Web3

  • Updated UI to always display “Buy”, “Send”, “Swap”, “Bridge”, and “Deposit” in the “Asset Details” screen. (#43198)

Rewards

  • 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 15%). (#38434)

Leo

  • Added input box auto-focus when starting a new conversation. (#40968)
  • Improved premium subscription linking process. (#43956)
  • Updated Leo to show web sources used to generate query responses from Brave Search. (#39630)

General

  • [Security] Updated brave://downloads to always display the download URL as reported on HackerOne by cj27_. (#43501)
  • Updated default search engine to Yahoo! JAPAN for new installations in Japan region. (#44148)
  • Removed search engine onboarding for all regions. (#44818)
  • Fixed bottom toolbar incorrectly appearing when a mobile device was used in landscape mode. (#43925)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.52. (#45124) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.52)
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iOS

Release Notes v1.77.98 (Apr 19, 2025)

  • Implemented an exception list for Night Mode. (#44213)
  • Improved the performance of searching using URL bar for users with many bookmarks, tabs and history items. (#43703)
  • Improved search results filtering and auto-complete when using the URL bar. (#44842)
  • Improved cosmetic filtering performance. (#42530)
  • Updated default search engine to Yahoo! JAPAN for new installations in Japan region. (#43311)
  • Updated Brave Translate to hide “contribution” element in reader mode. (#44835)
  • Updated Brave Translate onboarding. (#44650)
  • Updated the “Enable Global Privacy Control” settings toggle placement to be at the bottom of the advanced settings page. (#43690)
  • [Security] Fixed several issues relating to blob URL spoofing as reported on HackerOne by b4dc4t and frozzipies. (#43654)
  • Fixed crash when clearing a large amount of history. (#44981)
  • Fixed normal tabs being removed when disabling the “Keep Private Tabs” setting toggle. (#45350)
  • Fixed an issue where tabs are not blocking pop-ups after switching from another tab. (#44419)
  • Fixed “Default Model View” page not loading under Brave Leo hamburger settings. (#44072)
  • Fixed audio continuing to play for users that closed a tab which showed a JavaScript alert. (#43699)
  • Fixed “Shred Site Data” not working while using reader mode. (#43663)
  • Fixed URL auto-complete issue when using Hindi transliteration keyboard. (#43270)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.84. (#45297)(Changelog for 135.0.7049.84)
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