We're excited to share that AdGuard for Safari just got a huge rework and is getting ready to re-emerge as AdGuard Mini for Mac. It’s not just a fancy name change, it’s a significant level-up for ad blocking in Safari.
Why “Mini”?
The core power of our ad-blocking lineup are apps that offer system-wide filtering: AdGuard for Mac, AdGuard for Android, and others. At the same time, we also have products that use simpler technical approaches, and some users prefer them to full-fledged ones. This release brought an opportunity to clarify this difference on the product name level. Basically, while AdGuard Ad Blocker means apps with system-wide functionality, browser extension-based ad blockers will be now called AdGuard Mini. Thus, AdGuard for Safari becomes AdGuard Mini for Mac.
What’s new inside
While keeping everything we love about AdGuard for Safari — blocking banners, popups, autoplay videos, trackers and more — AdGuard Mini introduces new Pro features: AdGuard Extra and Real-time filter updates. These features make filtering in Safari stronger than ever — see below for details.
On top of that, this update brings overall improvements:
- Filter updates are now up to 5 times faster — thanks to updated SafariConverterLib, which refines the way filtering rules are converted in Safari
- The UI framework transitioned from Electron to Sciter, enabling future improvements
- Completely refreshed UI and UX for easier control
