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Brave Release Notes

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

Desktop

Release Notes v1.70.126 (Oct 9, 2024)

  • Fixed issue where unchecking the “Show on startup” checkbox of the profile picker was not being retained. (#41194)
  • Fixed toggling on “Enable AdGuard” under brave://settings/extensions/v2 was installing the MV3 version of the AdGuard Blocker extension. (#41173)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.100. (#41494) (Changelog for 129.0.6668.100)

Release Notes v1.70.123 (Oct 2, 2024)

Release Notes v1.70.119 (Sep 25, 2024)

  • Fixed “Copy clean link” being used incorrectly in certain cases. (#41064)
  • Fixed Proofpoint’s urldefense.com redirects. (#41134)
  • Fixed crash when downloading using various extensions. (#41179)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.70. (#41234) (Changelog for 129.0.6668.70)

Release Notes v1.70.117 (Sep 19, 2024)

Web3

  • Added available route selection for “Swap” and “Bridge” transactions. (#38648)
  • Added EVM NFT owner address to the “NFT” details screen. (#32622)
  • [Security] Added simulation support for EVM transactions. (#24271)
  • [Security] Added simulation support for Solana transactions. (#24269)
  • Updated Brave Wallet to keep the panel open when pending requests exist. (#40226)
  • Updated the confirmation transaction panel “Details” tab to localize transaction type names. (#40336)
  • Updated DApp Explorer design. (#39850)
  • Fixed issue where some NFT balances are not fetched when “Ankr Balances” is enabled. (#40368)
  • Fixed Brave Wallet not correctly displaying the amount of tokens to be transferred when unstaking from Rocketpool or bridging from Polygon. (#25755)

Rewards

  • Updated “indirect support” messaging in Brave Rewards for non-connected users. (#40906)

General

  • Added the ability to edit replies generated by Brave Leo. (#35343)
  • Added the ability to modify user prompts on Brave Leo. (#35342)
  • Added UI for the webcompat exceptions service. (#39510)
  • Added “Clear Brave Ads data…” link under brave://settings/clearBrowserData when a user is not opted into Brave Rewards. (#39051)
  • Added brave://flags/#brave-compact-horizontal-tabs to enable compact mode for horizontal tabs. (#40044)
  • Enabled “Show search suggestions” by default under brave://settings/search for new users in regions where Brave Search is the default search engine. (#29517)
  • Improved debouncing protections by utilizing both RFC and Chromium URL parsing. (#39866)
  • Improved responsiveness on the New Tab Page for lower screen resolutions and window sizes. (#39735)
  • Improved fingerprint farbling across different profiles. (#38067)
  • Improved adblocking by continuing to execute “:remove*” filters regardless of “$generichide”. (#39907)
  • Updated parsing of the “Onion-Location” header to be like the “Location” header. (#39578)
  • Updated initial Brave VPN panel text. (#38799)
  • Updated Brave VPN panel UI. (#40253)
  • Updated UI colors in various areas of the browser. (#39045)
  • Updated icons and font sizes for Brave Leo. (#39819)
  • Fixed startup crash which occurred in certain cases. (#41080)
  • Fixed white flash when launching or opening a new window or tab on Windows. (#38214)
  • Fixed white flash when minimizing or restoring a browser window on Windows. (#40271)
  • Fixed cosmetic filtering in cases where some filter rules include invalid CSS. (#40177)
  • Fixed “Password Manager” modals showing “chrome://” scheme instead of “brave://”. (#38836)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.59. (#41111) (Changelog for 129.0.6668.59)
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Android

Release Notes v1.70.126 (Oct 11, 2024)

  • Fixed the automatic opening of a new tab upon launching Brave. (#41029)
  • Fixed a crash occurring when Brave was selected as the autofill provider. (#41254)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.100. (#41494) (Changelog for 129.0.6668.100)

Release Notes v1.70.123 (Oct 4, 2024)

Release Notes v1.70.119 (Sep 26, 2024)

Release notes 1.70.117 (Sep 20, 2024)

Web3

  • Added available route selection for “Swap” and “Bridge” transactions. (#38648)
  • Added new recovery screens for users restoring access to existing Brave Wallet. (#40168)
  • Fixed an issue preventing Brave Wallet from loading after resetting and restoring a wallet. (#39608)

Rewards

  • Updated “Indirect Support” text in Brave Rewards panel for unconnected users. (#40907)

General

  • Added the ability to edit replies generated by Brave Leo. (#35343)
  • Added the ability to modify user prompts on Brave Leo. (#35342)
  • Added parallel downloading toggle under “Downloads” settings. (#38772)
  • Improved debouncing protections by utilizing both RFC and Chromium URL parsing. (#39866)
  • Improved adblocking by continuing to execute “:remove*” filters regardless of “$generichide”. (#39907)
  • Improved fingerprint farbling across different profiles. (#38067)
  • Improved Brave Leo webview for new conversation to not scroll up when onscreen keyboard is opened. (#40303)
  • Updated icons and font sizes for Brave Leo. (#39819)
  • Updated text under “About Brave Shields” via the shields panel. (#40279)
  • Updated Brave VPN paywall modal design. (#39889)
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when navigating to the New Tab Page in certain cases. (#40312)
  • Fixed cosmetic filtering in cases where some filter rules include invalid CSS. (#40177)
  • Fixed an issue preventing safe browsing protection from blocking malicious/dangerous websites. (#41060)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.59. (#41111) (Changelog for 129.0.6668.59)
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iOS

Release Notes 1.68.145 (Aug 27, 2024)

  • Added feature flag for strict mode in HTTPS by Default. (#40634)
  • Fixed SSL interstitial pages being displayed incorrectly in certain cases. (#40617)

Release Notes v1.68.134 (Aug 6, 2024)

Web3

  • Added the ability to import BTC accounts (BIP84) into Brave Wallet. (#38546)
  • Added support to “Send” BTC from iOS. (#37958)
  • Updated default account names to differentiate between Filecoin mainnet and testnet accounts. (#38526)
  • Updated “Show Zero Balances” button to be always shown on “Select a Token to Send” screen. (#38452)
  • Updated network setting to show/hide all networks similar to Brave Wallet on desktop. (#37741)

General

  • Added HTTPS strict mode to “Upgrade Connections to HTTPS” setting in “Brave Shields & Privacy”. (#36408)
  • Added transcription support for Jitsi SDK. (#38368)
  • Added “Refresh your credentials” button for Leo and VPN if a user has an active subscription purchased on another device. (#38086)
  • Added “Claude 3 Haiku” (free) and “Claude 3 Sonnet” (premium) models to the Brave Leo model selection list. (#37989)
  • Added ability to use quick actions via “/” under Brave Leo panel. (#37297)
  • Added support for conversation API in Leo. (#39331)
  • Added UI views to handle premium disconnected states in Leo chat. (#39231)
  • Added name indicator beside the avatar for each message in the Leo chat. (#37793)
  • Added the ability to close all tabs except active tab using “Close All Other Tabs” in the tab tray context menu. (#37069)
  • Implemented blocking non-HTTP/HTTPS URLs from loading when opened via Shortcuts. (#39836)
  • Implemented displaying Sync code expiry when showing the pairing codes. (#38020)
  • Updated ads service preferences to disable fetching when Brave Rewards/Brave News is disabled. (#39621)
  • Updated displaying items on History page by handling certain title cases. (#39550)
  • Updated settings icon design in the Leo chat header. (#39460)
  • Updated the design for the Leo opt-in notice. (#38742)
  • Updated Leo chat prompt to add new line instead of submitting the message when pressing “enter” key. (#39351)
  • Updated the title in the Leo chat product header to “Leo AI”. (#36917)
  • Fixed issue with Leo chat window being unresponsive after using app switcher while the Leo menu is open. (#39109)
  • Fixed buttons not working to dismiss the premium upgrade card in Leo chat. (#39061)
  • Fixed a crash when opening CarPlay without a main Brave window open. (#38612)
  • Fixed issue with incorrect count being shown when bookmarking all tabs via long pressing on tab tray icon. (#38340
  • Fixed issue with tabs bar showing multiple active tabs at once. (#36102)
  • Fixed issue with the ‘X’ button being grayed out in the current active bar after closing previous active tab. (#37064)
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