What’s new in Brave Android?

YouTube is already better in Brave. By blocking pre-roll, mid-roll, and on-page ads in YouTube, you get a premium-like experience, free of ad interruptions.

Now, you can enter picture-in-picture (PiP) mode in YouTube with a single tap. To watch YouTube videos in PiP:

1. Navigate to youtube.com in Brave, and select the video you’d like to watch.
2. Tap the PiP button at the right side of the address bar.

Note: YouTube PiP improvements will be rolled out in phases. If you don’t yet see this option on your Android device, check back soon.

Picture-in-picture mode for YouTube videos

Android’s quick actions search widget makes it easier to access specific app features directly from your device’s home screen.

Leo is Brave’s browser-native smart AI assistant. It can answer questions, analyze websites and docs, generate new content, and more. All with privacy and performance at heart.

With Android 1.82, we’ve combined the two. Brave users can now prompt Leo directly with a voice search in quick actions.

Leo in the quick actions search widget

Leo is Brave’s browser-native smart AI assistant. It can answer questions, analyze websites and docs, generate new content, and more. All with privacy and performance at heart.

In Brave 1.82, Leo got several great updates, including:

• Personalization: Add your name, interests, and more so Leo can personalize its answers to you. To safeguard privacy, any personal data you add will never leave your device.
• @ mention a tab: Now you can @ mention a specific tab (or multiple tabs) in your browser for Leo to reference when generating an answer.
• Easily analyze docs and files: Give Leo better context by attaching PDFs and images, or linking to G Docs or Sheets open in other tabs. Leo can then include these items in its summaries and the content it generates.
• Gemma support: We’ve also added support for Gemma LLMs.

While not new in 1.82, having the option to move the address bar to the bottom of the browser was one of our most requested features. We’re mentioning it here again so everyone can give it a try.

To move the address bar to the bottom of the browser:

1. Open Brave on your Android device, and tap the main menu ("⋮").
2. Tap Appearance.
3. Toggle the Address bar setting.

Alternatively, you can just long-press the address bar.

Address bar moved to the bottom of the browser

The Brave browser is now easier to deploy at work, school, or other group-usage settings. Get everyone in your org browsing faster, with fewer ads and better privacy via Group Policy.

Learn more about Group Policy.