Brave Browser for Android Passes One Million Downloads;
New Brave iOS 1.5 Now Available, with Support for iPhone X
Tips and Tricks for Brave on Your Phone
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You can take your Brave browsing to the next level, whether on Android or iOS, by learning some nifty app tips, including handy swipes and updated menu items.
- You can swipe between opened tabs via the address bar: swipe left for previous, right for next.
- Swiping down on the address bar takes you to a preview of all tabs. You can then swipe them off to the left or right to close.
- Enabling Reader Mode can be done in just 2 steps:
1. Go to chrome://flags
2. Set “Reader Mode triggering” to Always (Find in page helps). - Saving pages for offline reading is a snap: Open a webpage, click 3dots menu (⋮) on the top right, click on Download icon. You can then find your saved pages in 3dots menu->Downloads.
- Opening websites in Desktop Mode only requires going to Settings->Site settings->Desktop Mode. New pages will use the desktop versions of websites once you turn on the switch.
- Changing the default search engine is simple by going to Settings->Search engine, and selecting your favorite search engine from the list (Brave on Android has over 22 options! This includes privacy-focused ones such as DuckDuckGo, DuckDuckGo Lite (DDGLite for those who may have a spotty connection), and StartPage).
Swiping Tabs
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Reader Mode
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Swiping Down
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Search Engine
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Offline Reading
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Desktop Mode
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- You can switch between open tabs on Brave for iOS by swiping left or right on the bottom toolbar.
- Closing the current tab or all open tabs is simple by pressing and holding the tab indicator icon on the bottom toolbar.
- Opening a new tab or a new “Private Tab” can be done by pressing and holding on the new tab button in the bottom toolbar.
- Opening all bookmarks in a bookmark folder is done by pressing and holding on the folder in the bookmarks sidebar, and selecting “Open All.”
- Organizing your open tabs is easy by pressing and holding on the tab and dragging it to a new location.
Switching Tabs
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New Tabs
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Reorder Tabs
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Open All…
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Close All Tabs
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