Brave Browser release info

[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.67.123​

Full Release Notes​

• [Security] Fixed unreadable button labels on certain YubiKey modals when using light theme. (#39072)
• Fixed unreadable button in the download manager. (#38905)
• Upgraded Chromium to 126.0.6478.126. (#39329 2) (Changelog for 126.0.6478.126 5)

Release Channel 1.67.123

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes [Security] Fixed unreadable button labels on certain YubiKey modals when using light theme. (#39072) Fixed unreadable button in the download manager...

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[way hodge]

Homepage: Secure, Fast & Private Web Browser with Adblocker | Brave Browser​

Latest release notes: Brave Release Notes | Brave Browser​

Is Brave Browser better than Chrome Browser?

if yes then how?

 

[oldschool]

Is Brave Browser better than Chrome Browser?

All browsers have their pros and cons. If you prefer a Chromium browser and want an increased level of privacy, then Brave is better than Chrome. If other factors are more important to you than a different browser choice may work better for you. Read some of the threads in the Brave Forum and check out Brave's latest news | Brave

 

[oldschool]

What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser | Brave

Brave is committed to maintaining Manifest V2 support, allowing users to keep their favorite extensions functioning beyond the industry-wide deprecation.

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[lokamoka820]

What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser | Brave

Brave is committed to maintaining Manifest V2 support, allowing users to keep their favorite extensions functioning beyond the industry-wide deprecation.

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I was thinking of replacing Brave with other Chromium browser, after reading this article I will stay with brave.

 

[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.67.134​

Full Release Notes​

• Disabled “Hangouts” under brave://settings/extensions by default. (#39664 3)
• Removed “Cookies and Site Data” option from individual site detail pages under brave://settings/content/all. (#39033 1)
• Fixed WebGL pages failing to load due to “getAttachedShaders” always returning “null”. (#37044 2)
• Upgraded Chromium to 126.0.6478.186. (#39799) (Changelog for 126.0.6478.168 2)

Release Channel 1.67.134

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Notable fixes and additions Full Release Notes Disabled “Hangouts” under brave://settings/extensions by default. (#39664) Removed “Cookies and Site Data” option from...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.68.128​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Added the ability to import BTC accounts (BIP84) into Brave Wallet. (#38446)
• Added pagination to the “Portfolio NFT” page. (#38547)
• Added the ability to allow hiding un-owned NFTs on the “Portfolio NFT” page. (#38549)
• Added support for the Solana Token Extensions, part of the Solana Token-2022 program. (#36699)
• Updated Brave Wallet to use Chainstack RPC proxy endpoints. (#38872)
• Updated Avalanche to use Chainstack proxy. (#39299)
• Updated the wallet panel to truncate long token names and balances in certain cases. (#38064)
• Updated UI for the “Select Token” modal. (#37838)
• Updated design for wallet settings modals. (#37362)
• Updated length of “Account” name to 30 characters. (#23361)
• Fixed inability to sign-in on “https://tally.xyz”. (#38878)
• Fixed Brave Wallet performance in certain cases. (#26782)
• Fixed issue where clicking “Send” on the NFT details screen did not pre-fill the send amount. (#39916)

General​

• Added a search widget to the New Tab Page. (#35535 1)
• Added Nebula support for P3A. (#35841 1)
• [Security] Reduced WireGuard tunnel service permissions on Windows as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#37846)
• Enabled rich version of Brave Search autocomplete suggestions. (#29997 1)
• Improved Brave Leo conversation UI layout. (#37792)
• Improved component updater to check for updates more often. (#35164 1)
• Updated Omaha installer version for Windows to v1.3.361.151 for new users. (#38597)
• Updated the styling of the widgets on the New Tab Page. (#37213 1)
• Updated Tor windows to show Tor daemon status when the window was opened via the “Tor” button in the URL bar. (#37927 1)
• Removed Safety Check warning for local passwords. (#39212)
• Fixed issue where LastPass extension failed to open. (#39759)
• Fixed incorrect radius and colors for URL bar icon in certain cases. (#39561 1)
• Fixed omnibox flicker when the “Download” button on the toolbar is clicked. (#39373)
• Fixed visibility of “Import bookmarks now…” link via the infobar when using certain theme colors. (#38354)
• Fixed error loading Brave VPN credentials in certain cases. (#36321)
• Upgraded Chromium to 127.0.6533.73. (#39948 1) (Changelog for 127.0.6533.73 1)

Release Channel 1.68.128

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Web3 Added the ability to import BTC accounts (BIP84) into Brave Wallet. (#38446) Added pagination to the “Portfolio NFT” page. (#38547) Added the...

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[oldschool]

Brave v1.68.131 Brave Release Notes | Brave

Release Notes v1.68.131 (Jul 26, 2024)
Windows Only

Fixed startup crash due to profile avatars in certain cases. (#40005)

 

[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.68.134​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Fixed crash which occurred when manually deleting the connection under brave://settings/content/ethereum or brave://settings/content/solana. (#40072)
• Fixed inability to hide or unhide NFTs. (#36754)
• Fixed NFT “Portfolio” tab not correctly filtering NFTs by selected account. (#39978)

General​

• Fixed passwords not being displayed under brave://password-manager/passwords on Windows in certain cases. (#40091 2)
• Upgraded Chromium to 127.0.6533.88. (#40120) (Changelog for 127.0.6533.88)

Release Channel 1.68.134

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Web3 Fixed crash which occurred when manually deleting the connection under brave://settings/content/ethereum or brave://settings/content/solana...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.68.137​

Full Release Notes​

• Upgraded Chromium to 127.0.6533.100. (#40314) (Changelog for 127.0.6533.100)

Release Channel 1.68.137

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Upgraded Chromium to 127.0.6533.100. (#40314) (Changelog for 127.0.6533.100)

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.68.141​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Fixed issue where crashes on certain pages occurred due to having local IPFS installed. (#40102)

General​

• [Security] Fixed passwords not being displayed under brave://password-manager/passwords on macOS and Linux in certain cases. (#33548)
• Fixed crash which occurred in certain cases when using side panel extensions. (#40262)
• Fixed issue where deleting a browser profile from sync chain caused sync data to be removed from other devices in the chain. (#39503)
• Upgraded Chromium to 127.0.6533.120. (#40431) (Changelog for 127.0.6533.120)

Release Channel 1.68.141

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Web3 Fixed issue where crashes on certain pages occurred due to having local IPFS installed. (#40102) General [Security] Fixed passwords not being...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.69.153​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Added support for Solana Compressed NFTs (cNFTs). (#39408 1)
• Added support for Solana Priority Fees. (#35866)
• Added an image preview to the “Add NFT” modal. (#39092)
• Added LiFi support for “Swap” transactions on Gnosis. (#40407)
• Added “View on block explorer” option to the “Account Details” menu. (#39655)
• Added a “More” menu to Portfolio actions. (#38935)
• Added a loading spinner to the “Select account” prompt when address is being generated for BTC or ZCash. (#38931)
• Added a “Refresh Quote” button to the “Swap” and “Bridge” screens. (#39513)
• Added info tooltip to the “Price impact” section for “Swap” and “Bridge”. (#39683)
• Added “Group by collection” option to NFT display settings. (#38865)
• Added the ability to load more than 50 NFTs in a Portfolio. (#39970)
• Added a “Watch-Only” label to NFT grid items. (#39652)
• Added a watch list message to unowned NFTs on the “NFT Details” screen. (#39653)
• Added “New quote” countdown ticker for “Swap” and “Bridge” transactions. (#34583)
• Enabled Bridge support for Brave Wallet. (#38527)
• Implemented “Choose quote provider” modal for “Swap” and “Bridge” transactions. (#39472)
• Implemented “Max slippage” modal for “Swap” and “Bridge” transactions. (#39514)
• Implemented 0x as provider for ExactOut “Swap” transactions when provider is set to “Auto”. (#39070)
• Improved display of ZEC addresses and additional details when using dark theme. (#35827)
• Increased estimated Solana priority fee compute budget by 10%. (#39498)
• Updated Brave Wallet to use LiFi provider for EVM swaps. (#36436)
• Updated Brave Wallet to prevent edits to pre-filled NFT information. (#39929)
• Updated Brave logo in Brave Wallet. (#39059)
• Updated UI for the “Account” list. (#38923)
• Removed support for IPFS local node and ipfs:// scheme. (#37735)
• Removed deprecated Goerli Network from default network list. (#37369)
• Fixed panel crash which occurred when attempting to lookup EIP1159 estimates for non EVM or FIL transactions. (#38970)
• Fixed in ability to transfer Solana NFTs. (#40489)
• Fixed issue where editing an NFT was adding a new token instead of updating the existing token. (#39921)
• Fixed issue where editing an owned NFT would be re-added when switching between “NFT” and “Portfolio” views. (#36197)
• Fixed the “Send” button on the “NFT” details screen not being displayed for owned EVM NFTs. (#39882)
• Fixed missing space between the message and “Learn more” link on the SPL send token confirmation screen. (#39159)
• Fixed issue where expanding “Activity” view from panel didn’t reset view in panel and loaded “Portfolio” in expanded view. (#38949)

General​

• Added the ability to “Bring Your Own Model” (BYOM) to Brave Leo. (#38646)
• Added a Brave Leo icon to the toolbar and hamburger menu. (#39713)
• Added “Sidebar” settings to the top level in the hamburger menu. (#38708)
• Added “Show full screen reminder to press Esc on exit” under brave://settings/system. (#38928)
• Added YouTube “si” parameter to the “Copy Clean Link” filter. (#33037)
• [Security] Implemented process hardening for the Brave VPN services on Windows. (#39230)
• [Security] Implemented a trusted source check for “Elevator::InstallVPNServices”. (#39029)
• [Security] Updated code to use JSON serialization to escape all unsafe symbols in SpeedReader. (#39499)
• [Security] Limited extension features to allow listed extensions. (#39478)
• Enabled Web Serial by default. (#38791)
• Improved adblocking by supporting “:remove”, “:remove-attr”, and “:remove-class” adblock filter syntax. (#33881)
• Increased size of the “Delete browsing data” modal. (#38898)
• Updated adblocking to apply generic “$removeparam” rules to document, subdocument, or xhr requests by default. (#38753)
• Updated WebTorrent library version. (#35385)
• Removed “Hangouts” from brave://settings/extensions. (#39660)
• Removed known tracking parameter “_branch_match_id” and “_branch_referrer” from URLs. (#39575)
• Fixed crash which occurred on navigation in certain cases. (#38333)
• Fixed selecting “Bring all tabs to this window” incorrectly moving Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) into the window as tabs. (#40287)
• Fixed local Brave Leo models incorrectly attaching page contents to system prompt. (#39525)
• Fixed side panel open and close animation not working properly in certain cases. (#39376)
• Fixed the Brave News RSS dialog not being closed when clicking the RSS button in the URL bar. (#37216)
• Upgraded Chromium to 128.0.6613.85. (#40586) (Changelog for 128.0.6613.85)

Release Channel 1.69.153

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Web3 Added support for Solana Compressed NFTs (cNFTs). (#39408) Added support for Solana Priority Fees. (#35866) Added an image preview to the “Add NFT”...

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[lokamoka820]

Release Channel 1.69.160​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Fixed crash when trying to bridge from ETH on Ethereum to SOL on Solana. (#40674)
• Fixed ZCash balance resolution issue. (#40635)

General​

• Updated model names in Brave Leo models menu. (#40464)
• Updated tab separator contrast and height. (#40714 1)
• Fixed issue where synced devices could be duplicated in certain cases. (#40130)
• Fixed three dot menu not being displayed on Brave News cards. (#40621)
• Upgraded Chromium to 128.0.6613.114. (#40738) (Changelog for 128.0.6613.114)

Release Channel 1.69.160

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Web3 Fixed crash when trying to bridge from ETH on Ethereum to SOL on Solana. (#40674) Fixed ZCash balance resolution issue. (#40635) General Updated...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.69.162​

Full Release Notes​

• Fixed Brave News button not being displayed on the New Tab Page prior to opt-in for Argentina and Germany locales. (#37839)
• Upgraded Chromium to 128.0.6613.120. (#40804) (Changelog for 128.0.6613.120 1)

Release Channel 1.69.162

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Fixed Brave News button not being displayed on the New Tab Page prior to opt-in for Argentina and Germany locales. (#37839) Upgraded Chromium to...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.69.168​

Full Release Notes​

• Upgraded Chromium to 128.0.6613.138. (#40972) (Changelog for 128.0.6613.138 2)

Release Channel 1.69.168

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Upgraded Chromium to 128.0.6613.138. (#40972) (Changelog for 128.0.6613.138)

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.70.117​

Full Release Notes​

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 1)
• 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 1)

Release Channel 1.70.117

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Brave Mobile: Android: Google Play Store Brave Android Github (.apk) iOS Apple Appstore Full Release Notes Web3 Added available route selection for “Swap” and...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel 1.70.119​

Full Release Notes​

• 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 Channel 1.70.119

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Notable fixes and additions Full Release Notes Fixed “Copy clean link” being used incorrectly in certain cases. (#41064) Fixed Proofpoint’s urldefense.com redirects...

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[silversurfer]

Release Channel v1.70.123​

Full Release Notes​

• Fixed issue where the clock would not display on the New Tab Page in certain cases. (#41226)
• Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.89. (#41338) (Changelog for 129.0.6668.89)

Release Channel v1.70.123

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Fixed issue where the clock would not display on the New Tab Page in certain cases. (#41226) Upgraded Chromium to 129.0.6668.89. (#41338) (Changelog for...

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[lokamoka820]

Release Channel 1.70.126​

Full Release Notes​

• 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 Channel 1.70.126

Where to download: Brave Desktop: Download Brave Browser Brave Github repository Linux Linux installation instructions Full Release Notes Fixed issue where unchecking the “Show on startup” checkbox of the profile picker was not being retained. (#41194) Fixed toggling on “Enable AdGuard”...

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[oldschool]

The update before this wiped my wallpaper, some settings and more. Not happy.