Helium Updates & Release Notes
41 updates curated from 1 source by the Releasebot Team. Last updated: Jul 25, 2026
- Jul 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 25, 2026
0.14.9
Helium ships a changelog update with Chromium 150.0.7871.186, refreshed search engine data and onboarding, plus new Startpage and Brave search support and a Google Images URL update.
Changelog
68d6cf7d revision: bump to 9 (#2196)
Original source
756a225e deps: update search_engines_data and onboarding (#2193)
1bfcb157 i18n/source: update for new onboarding version
20a8a322 deps: update search_engines_data and onboarding
119f865d helium/core/search: add startpage and brave search (#2192)
335b9afa merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.186 (#2191)
1d1425f9 revert: utils/depot_tools.patch: refresh (#2183)
5069062d merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 150.0.7871.186
fd0378e4 Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.186
dee56002 helium/core/search: update google image search url (#2186)
2c97e8c5 utils/depot_tools.patch: refresh (#2183) - Jul 22, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 22, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 23, 2026
0.14.8
Helium updates Chromium 150.0.7871.181 and adds fingerprinting protection settings plus macOS and bang fixes.
Changelog
81bb0219 revision: bump to 8 (#2181)
a9ee3714 helium/noise: add settings for fingerprinting protection (#2177)
2da78042 merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.181 (#2179)
113de8e2 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 150.0.7871.181
47ee4af0 Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.181
8030a8a3 helium/ui: fix macOS hit test guard during teardown (#2169)
1e5ae946 helium/bangs: fix dangling callbacks in bang loading (#2167)
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- Jul 17, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 17, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 18, 2026
0.14.7
Helium releases Chromium 150.0.7871.128 with shortcut, crash reporting, and French translation fixes.
Changelog
3b015b7c revision: bump to 7 (#2160)
e695146f i18n/fr: fix existing strings and translate remaining ones (#2094)
eb4d20ab helium/core/kb-shortcuts: preserve delayed macOS shortcuts (#2158)
d7038856 helium/core: fix windows crash reporting module boundaries (#2153)
f31f77fa ci/i18n-notify: skip if running in fork pr (#2154)
bee47818 merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.128 (#2143)
e6559b2a merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 150.0.7871.128
2adf0ad4 Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.128
Original source - Jul 15, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 15, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 16, 2026
0.14.6
Helium ships a broader changelog update with Chromium 150.0.7871.124, a new zoom indicator you can hide, crash reporting with a dialog and preference, a force paste command, and multiple UI and native-frame fixes for macOS, PiP, PWAs, and layout behavior.
Changelog
3d042e62 revision: bump to 6 (#2137)
Original source
6b82d3a5 helium/ui: guard macOS hit tests during window teardown (#2138)
d24193ca helium/ui: add a real zoom indicator and an option to hide it (#2136)
b2a22d9d helium/settings: fix indents and separators on appearance page (#2135)
3c1fb6a9 merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.124 (#2132)
e7a7a5a0 patches: refresh for chromium 150.0.7871.124
8a04bcd1 merge: update to ungoogled-chromium 150.0.7871.124
88b2bb9a Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.124
68be4fc5 devutils/update_lists: use fork multiprocessing only on posix
a045cdfb helium/core: add crash reporting with a dialog and preference (#2115)
391bf507 Fix global variables in Python 3.14 multiprocessing processes (#3866)
4addaf0c Remove unnecessary code from disable-ai patch (#3865)
7e699682 i18n/prompt: add info about ICU syntax (#2122)
8aa639e5 deps.ini: update ublock and onboarding (#2121)
75250243 helium/core/shift-right-click: add missing hunks (#2110)
c0e20d7f helium/core: make shift+right click always open context menu (#2109)
1a274047 helium/ui/layout: fix VTS resize area visibility (#2108)
7d73eb9c helium/core: add force paste command/menu item (#2107)
d79d24e8 helium/zen: don't expand floating VTS before initialization (#2106)
90371bd9 helium/ui/native-frame: fix GMeet PiP crash and PWA titlebar (#2104)
f468819d helium/ui/native-frame: fix crash in PiP windows
e50b8bb0 helium/ui/native-frame: don't apply to PWA windows
577fb80e Ensure that when this patch is used by itself, NOTREACHED() isn't reached (#3862) - Jul 9, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 9, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 10, 2026
0.14.5
Helium updates to Chromium 150.0.7871.114 and fixes safe_browsing in v8 settings.
Changelog
15e39d77 revision: bump to 5 (#2089)
9b6090c9 merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.114 (#2085)
436d84b0 patches: refresh for chromium 150.0.7871.114
bb234e30 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 150.0.7871.114
2d89b04e Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.114
0d59660e Fix safe_browsing in v8 setting
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- Jul 7, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 7, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 8, 2026
0.14.4
Helium releases a Chromium 150.0.7871.100 update with UI and search improvements, including experimental native frame materials on macOS, a reverse image search URL for Google, and several fixes and translation updates.
Changelog
36aa5e34 revision: bump to 4 (#2076)
3b87cfd2 merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.100 (#2075)
6d652dee merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 150.0.7871.100
4167eda8 Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.100
1c614653 helium/ui: add experimental native frame materials for macOS (#2056)
ecb00222 i18n/de: fix incorrect conjugation and adjust another translation (#2074)
389fe06c helium/zen: don't force floating VTS to expand when not attached (#2068)
320bccb7 helium/core/search: add url for reverse image search with google (#2065)
33ac2286 i18n/zh-CN: update "Copy URL(s)" translation (#2048)
1c072920 helium/settings: fix v8 page being empty (#2055)
2420c7b5 helium/ui/separators: remove rounded corner on attached side (#2054)
Original source - Jul 3, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 3, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 4, 2026
0.14.3
Helium improves UI behavior with bookmark bar visibility options and fixes for toolbar, tabs, and Zen bookmark spacing.
Changelog
8a83377c revision: bump to 3 (#2047)
7079bcbe helium/ui/cab: invalidate toolbar layout on window state change (#2046)
9d129c63 helium/ui/vertical: fix incorrect tab alert indicator position (#2045)
e33c394d helium/core: enable bookmark bar visibility options (#2038)
ec0adbe6 helium/zen: fix bookmark items being offset when vts is hidden (#2035)
Original source - Jul 1, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jul 1, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 3, 2026
0.14.2
Helium updates Chromium to 150.0.7871.46 and fixes ASAN+UBSAN builds.
Changelog
9fb4aee3 merge: fix chromium 150.0.7871.46 merge (#2034)
0ecd0665 revision: bump to 2
fe345e47 patches: refresh for updated 150.0.7871.46 merge
2aadcac1 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to updated 150.0.7871.46
3538f80f Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.46
d3ba868e Fix building with ASAN+UBSAN (#3842)
Original source - Jun 30, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 30, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jul 1, 2026
0.14.1
Helium releases Chromium 150.0.7871.46 with merge fixes, refreshed patches, and several UI and core refinements, including updated translations, toolbar and webstore fixes, rounded frame polish, and restored theme controls.
Changelog
7545e74a merge: update to chromium 150.0.7871.46 (#1998)
Original source
65ec7ae7 revision: reset to 1
6453d4ba i18n: translate new strings (#1939)
ec45bcbe helium/webstore: fix add to chrome button finder
fd307e6b helium/toolbar-prefs: respect show-avatar-button flag
e6e5cd3b helium/core: enable some glow up features
a1759592 helium/core/irrelevant-flags: update for m150
e1c55fcd ungoogled: restore clickable theme button in appearance settings
47c26b8c helium/core: remove google stuff from simplified context menu
582c023f helium/ui: fix rounded frame margins, separators, and floating corners
1268a6cb helium/infobar: fix separator hiding with rounded frame enabled
2f861632 helium: minor m150 merge fixes
041b0cb4 patches: refresh for chromium 150.0.7871.46
17fc1428 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 150.0.7871.46
c70e508b Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.46 - Jun 26, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 26, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 27, 2026
0.13.6
Helium updates Chromium and ungoogled-Chromium to 149.0.7827.200 with platform and version bumps.
Changelog
c6feb7e0 revision: bump to 6 (#2015)
03a16cfa merge: update to chromium 149.0.7827.200 (#2014)
d447f889 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 149.0.7827.200
8f30897f Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.200
1772f7ce bump-platform: check if b/s/chrome exists instead of just b/s/ (#2003)
Original source - Jun 23, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 23, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 24, 2026
0.13.5
Helium updates Chromium to 149.0.7827.196 and adds a platform fallback plus small fixes.
Changelog
7019790c revision: bump to 5 (#2001)
Original source
b65ab87b bump-platform: fallback to clone if tarball fails (#2002)
1ff4e281 merge: update to chromium 149.0.7827.196 (#2000)
b71fd25a patches: refresh for chromium 149.0.7827.196
53235ce9 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 149.0.7827.196
3c92902a Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.196
d0a8c29d domsub: exclude docs/help domains from substitution (#1983)
2a53b77d Fix typos in comments and docstrings (#3828) - Jun 17, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 18, 2026
0.13.4
Helium releases a Chromium 149 update with refreshed tab group and vertical tab UI, improved onboarding and i18n handling, a new Chromium screenshot feature, and several usability fixes across tabs, menus, and layout.
Changelog
0a4f1149 revision: bump to 4 (#1969)
4848de1f helium/core: enable the chromium screenshot feature (#1968)
e0dec3f5 onboarding: integrate strings to i18n system (#1948)
417fa5bc i18n: fix newline parsing for onboarding
7a339b39 i18n: add foraged translations for onboarding
4f090cff i18n/generate: add handling for onboarding strings
bfe48d58 i18n_apply: manually override parent grd logic for onboarding strings
ab214e3c onboarding: bump in deps, wire up grdp
afa6a059 helium/core: disable pdf infobar feature (#1965)
eba585e7 helium/ui/vertical: fix new tab button alignment and icon size (#1964)
6ecfc9e0 helium/ui/tabs: fix horizontal tab hover background color (#1963)
3db87dc0 helium/ui/tabs: fix new tab button hover/press colors (#1962)
6bbdcc3e helium/ui: improve tab group UI in all layouts (#1961)
53deb314 helium/ui/tabs: enable tab group hover cards
e93aece7 helium/ui/vertical: fix tab group appearance, prevent line overlap
629f5495 helium/ui/tabs: restore solid group header colors, enable new colors
961c962e helium/ui/tabs: move horiz tab group underline to bottom, make it thick
c96deab6 merge: update to chromium 149.0.7827.155 (#1959)
36db56b4 i18n: update source.gen.json
5ce006ae patches: refresh for chromium 149.0.7827.155
b4c1ea62 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 149.0.7827.155
4e5e8671 Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.155
08a3e7da helium/ui/layout: disable mute on collapsed vertical tabs (#1778)
a0a5bbaf helium/core: simplify context menu and prevent huge widths (#1951)
c4732aac devutils/i18n: add forage command (#1944)
11d16986 devutils/i18n: add an option to translate using local CLI tools (#1942)
d820c3a2 i18n/prompt: tighten translation rules to prevent common errors (#1940)
cf827007 Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.114
6e3d5164 Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.102
Original source - Jun 11, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 11, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 16, 2026
0.13.3
Helium ships a Chromium update to 149.0.7827.114 and bumps to 3.
Changelog
b3cbb2ba revision: bump to 3 (#1925)
bcacb8c7 chromium: update to 149.0.7827.114 (#1924)
Original source - Jun 9, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 9, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 10, 2026
0.13.2
Helium ships a Chromium update and brings useful core and search improvements, including copy URL from tab context menus, hibernate other tabs, Kagi image search params, and a fix for the Cmd+S shortcut in Zen mode.
Changelog
6b6fbd0f revision: bump to 2 (#1907)
cb3f77bd helium/ui/zen: fix cmd+s shortcut sidebar preference in zen mode (#1849)
e3980159 deps: bump onboarding (#1905)
c99531d5 helium/core: add an option to copy URLs from tab context menu (#1904)
c1aba0ea helium/search: add kagi image search params (#1899)
eb6711f4 helium/core/hibernate: add an option to hibernate other tabs (#1901)
425306f5 merge: update to chromium 149.0.7827.102 (#1897)
ae94c3c8 helium/core/update-pref: improve auto updates strings (#1896)
06897c1d patches & domain_substitution: refresh for chromium 149.0.7827.102
d09826d0 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 149.0.7827.102
9aeb58da helium/search-engine: reject default engine urls without %s (#1893)
4d7bb965 Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.102
fa67665c i18n: fix "add shortcut" string collision (#1891)
6894bd30 devutils/i18n: parse meaning into source.gen.json
dc3fe739 helium/kb-shortcuts: disambiguate "Add shortcut" string
cbf38eb4 i18n/apply: pass meaning to fingerprint generator
53ea9920 extra/disable-jit-flag: build drumbrake only if supported
Original source - Jun 6, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 6, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 6, 2026
0.13.1
Helium releases a Chromium 149 update with UI refinements, including a redesigned infobar and a rename of Zen to Frameless. It also updates uBlock, adds Windows updater scaffolding, and improves patches and cleanup across the app.
Changelog
5bf45fed merge: update to chromium 149.0.7827.53 (#1857)
Original source
3bbe6a3c revision: reset to 1
e3525bb6 helium/zen: reorder patch hunks
d48bc496 deps: update ublock to 1.71.0 (#1875)
d4e58802 helium/ui: redesign infobar, optimize and rename zen (#1868)
c20175cf helium/ui/infobar: redesign, draw proper borders, fix webview relations
e8a1bfc1 helium/zen: rename Zen to Frameless in UI, remove feature gates
bf560c6a helium/layout: optimize zen top reveal, move out of experiment dir
34ef5f26 patches/brave/chrome-importer: remove os_crypt-related dead code
99cef46c helium/ui: clean up patches, fix accidental string OS gates
5b7dd06c devutils/i18n: add clean command (#1869)
7a32267e helium/updater: add win scaffolding, tighten arch conditions (#1866)
d856d800 ci: complete cirrus port to github actions (#1867)
c362740d patches: update for chromium 149.0.7827.53
b8a66095 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 149.0.7827.53
a3a5471d Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.53
c6a41202 helium/updates: decouple update url from helium services + reformat (#1827)
94344c47 Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.215
95f6fe1c Port CirrusCI jobs to github actions (#3776)
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