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All Brave Release Notes (21)
- Jan 21, 2026
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Release Notes v1.86.142 (Jan 21, 2026)
Release notes
Re-added “brave-keyring” as a dependency of “brave-browser” on Linux. (#52057)
Removed “Web3” from the “Explorer” tab of Brave Wallet. (#50897)
Upgraded Chromium to 144.0.7559.97. (#52147) (Changelog for 144.0.7559.97)
- Jan 21, 2026
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Release Notes v1.86.142 (Jan 21, 2026)
Removed “Web3” from the “Explorer” tab of Brave Wallet. (#50897)
Upgraded Chromium to 144.0.7559.97. (#52147) (Changelog for 144.0.7559.97)
- Jan 15, 2026
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Release Notes v1.86.139 (Jan 15, 2026)
Brave unveils cross platform updates with new Zcash Testnet support and UI polish. Leo gains rich Brave Search results and new premium models while general tweaks enhance tabs, settings and performance with Chromium upgrade.
Web3
- Added support for Zcash Testnet. (#50116)
- Updated UI for the “Cancel Transaction” confirmation panel. (#49719)
- Fixed macOS issue where switching apps using “Cmd + Tab” closed the wallet panel. (#50976)
- Fixed incorrect Cardano account being shown on the “Buy Crypto” screen. (#50790)
Leo
- Added support for rich results from Brave Search. (#50812)
- Added several new premium models in Brave Leo. (#49218)
- Replaced “Llama 3.1 8b” with “Qwen 14B” in the recommended model list. (#50958)
- Fixed list numbers not being displayed correctly in Brave Leo responses. (#50467)
General
- Added an “ask” keyword shortcut for “Ask Brave Search” in the URL bar. (#49179)
- Added “Always hide tab close button” setting under brave://settings/appearance. (#25077)
- Improved rounded corners on macOS. (#51057 & #49755)
- Improved display of sidebar on mouseover when rounded corners are enabled. (#50490)
- Increased the maximum number of top site tiles on the New Tab Page from 48 to 120. (#50468)
- Updated vertical tab strip to expand on mouseover when Brave is not in focus. (#50838)
- Fixed collapsed tab groups being expanded when moving via drag and drop. (#50898)
- Fixed inability to disable hidden lists in brave://settings/shields/filters. (#49207)
- Upgraded Chromium to 144.0.7559.59. (#51836) (Changelog for 144.0.7559.59)
- Jan 15, 2026
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Release Notes v1.86.140 (Jan 15, 2026)
Brave release fixes UI glitches across DApp, rewards icons, tabs and lists while boosting Leo with rich Brave Search results and new premium models. It adds a long press context menu, updates model lists, fixes edit visibility, and upgrades Chromium to 144.0.7559.76.
Web3
- Fixed DApp fragment architecture to ensure proper UI recreation. (#50599)
Rewards
- Fixed Rewards “notification” and “publisher-verified” icons not being displayed correctly. (#51198)
Leo
- Added support for rich results from Brave Search. (#50812)
- Added several new premium models in Brave Leo. (#49218)
- Added context menu on long tap in Brave Leo conversations. (#50878)
- Replaced “Llama 3.1 8b” with “Qwen 14B” in the recommended model list. (#50958)
- Fixed list numbers not being displayed correctly in Brave Leo responses. (#50467)
- Fixed “Edit” menu visibility for conversation inputs. (#50972)
General
- Fixed “New Tab” and “New Private tab” being cut off when opening the Hamburger menu in certain cases. (#38108)
- Fixed inability to disable hidden lists in brave://settings/shields/filters. (#49207)
- Fixed “New Tab Page” (NTP) background image being displayed incorrectly when a custom Android display size is used. (#28664)
- Upgraded Chromium to 144.0.7559.76. (#51992) (Changelog for 144.0.7559.76)
- Jan 7, 2026
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Release Notes v1.85.120 (Jan 7, 2026)
Release notes
Fixed missing percent symbol for the balance difference on the “Portfolio” page. (#51563)
Upgraded Chromium to 143.0.7499.192. (#51796) (Changelog for 143.0.7499.192)
- Jan 7, 2026
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Release Notes v1.85.120 (Jan 7, 2026)
Web3
- Removed gradient background from Brave Wallet. (#51577)
- Fixed missing percent symbol for the balance difference on the “Portfolio” page. (#51563)
General
- [Security] Updated Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to display origin as reported on HackerOne by frozzipies. (#51668)
- Upgraded Chromium to 143.0.7499.192. (#51796) (Changelog for 143.0.7499.192)
- Dec 19, 2025
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Release Notes v1.85.118 (Dec 19, 2025)
Fixed token visibility changes between the “Portfolio” page and panel views. (#51540)
Upgraded Chromium to 143.0.7499.169. (#51562) (Changelog for 143.0.7499.169)
- Dec 17, 2025
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Release Notes v1.85.117 (Dec 17, 2025)
Release notes
Fixed broken NFT icons on the “Edit Visible Assets” modal. (#51445)
Fixed broken token icons on the “Portfolio” page. (#51407)
Upgraded Chromium to 143.0.7499.146. (#51522) (Changelog for 143.0.7499.146)
- Dec 15, 2025
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Release Notes v1.85.116 (Dec 15, 2025)
Brave release adds Ask Brave in Shortcuts, Hindi language support, shredding history controls, recent tabs exclusion, admin policy to disable Playlist, and more. Also boosts UI fixes, adblock and Guardian SDK updates, plus a Chromium upgrade.
Changelog
Added “Ask Brave” option to the Shortcuts widget and Shortcut button. (#49773)
Added Hindi language support. (#48578)
Added preference in Auto Shred settings to exclude history from being removed when using Shred. (#49815)
Added recently closed tabs to the list of items excluded from Shred by default and enabling the “Shred Removes History” toggle will also remove recently closed tabs when shredding. (#50460)
Added the ability to disable the Playlist via admin policy. (#49011)
Added “Browser not supported” option to the list of categories in the “Report a Broken Site” form. (#49865)
Disabled “Cancel” button while custom filter changes are being saved. (#49651)
Removed “Block Cookie Consent Notices” preference from “Shields & Privacy” settings. (#50047)
Removed “Search Web” from the web context menu options. (#49623)
Updated adblock to version 0.11.1. (#50641)
Updated Guardian SDK to 2.1.1. (#49108)
Fixed “Passwords” sync toggle being disabled when relaunching browser. (#51284)
Fixed UI issue when opening new regular tab outside of Brave while in private browsing mode. (#45820)
Fixed per-site Shred setting not being respected when applying Auto Shred globally. (#46560)
Fixed error message displayed in certain cases when connected to EVM accounts in Brave Wallet. (#51244)
Fixed scaling and titles for Favorites when selecting “Show More” on NTP. (#47067)
Fixed “Force Paste” option not being displayed in context menu when there’s no text selected. (#49636)
Upgraded Chromium to 143.0.7499.110. (#51374)(Changelog for 143.0.7499.110)
- Dec 11, 2025
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Release Notes v1.85.116
Release notes
Disabled premium models in "Skills" dropdown for non-premium users. (#51171)
Fixed error being displayed to non-premium users in certain cases when selecting a new model from the "Change model for answer" drop down. (#51002)
Upgraded Chromium to 143.0.7499.110. (#51374) (Changelog for 143.0.7499.110)