Brave Browser Release Notes

Web3

• Added separator for Testnet accounts in the “Create account” modal. (#51298)
• Added “Minimum amount” and “Maximum amount” warning message for quotes on the “Buy” screen. (#51498)
• Added support for Zcash deshielding (Shielded -> Transparent) transactions. (#45875)
• Improved performance on the “Edit Visible Assets” modal. (#51519)
• Improved Cardano transaction encoding. (#51477)
• Updated “Trezor Connect” support. (#50647 & #36575)
• Updated Cardano icon to display correctly in dark theme. (#46848)
• Updated Cardano minimum send value to 1 ADA. (#46753)
• Updated the Cardano transaction fee calculation algorithm. (#51121)
• Updated “Sign In With Ethereum” panel to new UI. (#51216)
• Updated “Sign In With Ethereum” error panel to new UI. (#51217)
• Updated the “Decrypt Message Request” panel to new UI. (#51338)
• Updated the “Provide Public Encryption Key” panel to new UI. (#51337)
• Updated the “Backup wallet” string in the settings menu. (#51507)
• Fixed page crash which occurred when Rabby Wallet and uBlock Origin extensions are installed. (#45871)
• Fixed unnecessary “Shield” and “Unshield” warnings. (#51762)
• Fixed issue where tokens may display empty icons in certain cases. (#52519)

Leo

• Added support for auto-discovery of Ollama Lists under BYOM. (#39492)
• Updated “Qwen” model labels and removed “Gemma” and “Deepseek R1” models. (#51790)
• Fixed consecutive citations not rendering correctly in Brave Leo responses. (#52497)

Rewards

• Added UI to help Gemini users migrate to other Brave Rewards payout account providers (Gemini sunsetted). (#50590)
• Updated the “Go to my Account” link for self-custody Brave Rewards users from Solana Explorer to Solscan. (#50517)

General

• Added the ability to “Copy download link” from the download panel. (#48436)
• Added “Show VPN Tray Icon” setting under brave://settings/system for Windows. (#50991)
• Improved adblocking. (#51063)
• Improved adblock performance by adding resource sharing support. (#50368)
• Improved scriptlet handling. (#51448)
• Improved pinned tabs layout when using vertical tabs. (#51055 & #50974)
• Updated the New Tab Page favicon to monochrome. (#51381)
• Updated mouseover target for the vertical tabs bar to allow for easier opening when vertical tabs are hidden. (#50847)
• Removed “Index other search engines” setting from brave://settings/search. (#51656)
• Removed known tracking parameter “syclid” from certain URLs. (#50532)
• Removed extra padding on left side window border when vertical tabs are hidden. (#51056)
• Fixed crash which occurred when trying to load https://www.yahoo.com in certain cases. (#52594)
• Fixed crash which occurred when selecting “Open here” button from the omnibox dropdown after enabling brave-://flags/#brave-omnibox-tab-switch-by-default. (#51501)
• Fixed incorrect path being used when using UserDataDir policy on Windows. (#41854)
• Fixed unable to resize maximized window using top border when vertical tabs enabled on Windows. (#51554)
• Fixed tab names being blank on Linux in certain cases. (#51884)
• Fixed blank title bar being displayed in fullscreen on macOS. (#32549)
• Fixed hidden elements on the New Tab Page being clickable when the search widget has focus. (#51558)
• Upgraded Chromium to 145.0.7632.45. (#52554) (Changelog for 145.0.7632.45)

Release Notes

• Implemented the ability to dismiss/close the “Brave Shields & Privacy” settings modal using swiping gesture when accessed from the Brave Shields panel. (#50774)

• Updated the tabs in tab tray to be larger when viewed in landscape for iPad users. (#49081)

• Added several new premium models in Brave Leo. (#49218)

• Added “Auto-Open Keyboard” setting that automatically brings up the keyboard when opening new tabs. (#50031)

• Improved cosmetic filtering performance for mutated elements. (#48517)

• Fixed Private Tabs being visible in the app switcher when tab tray is opened. (#52144)

• Fixed not being able to dismiss the wallet backup modal after other Brave Wallet screens were shown. (#51270)

• Fixed QR code camera view from rotating 90 degrees when sync flow is launched in landscape mode. (#50206)

• Fixed the share icon opacity in the toolbar during hide transition. (#50645)

• Upgraded Chromium to 144.0.7559.97. (#52147)(Changelog for 144.0.7559.97)