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Jun 9, 2026
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Jun 9, 2026

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Helium by imputnet

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.

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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
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Jun 6, 2026
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Jun 6, 2026

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Jun 6, 2026
Helium by imputnet

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.

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5bf45fed merge: update to chromium 149.0.7827.53 (#1857)
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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May 27, 2026
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May 27, 2026

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Helium by imputnet

0.12.5

Helium ships a changelog update with Chromium 148.0.7778.215, refreshed toast and Zen UI behavior, clearer accessibility wording, new strings, and fixes for tab flash, clear-data settings, and PDF viewer sizing.

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a14223c4 revision: bump to 5 (#1814)
4112ae96 merge: update to chromium 148.0.7778.215 (#1811)
f67a06c4 merge: update chromium to 148.0.7778.215
70f4b07e helium/ui/toast: anchor to web content, update visual style (#1806)
672b6b28 helium/zen: rephrase toast pref toggle in a11y settings (#1810)
f0509326 i18n: add new strings (#1672)
b879674d upstream-fixes: fix black flash on tab when leaving split view (#1809)
d1ecca12 helium/settings/clear-data: remove google link, always expand (#1792)
e2ab1b45 helium/zen: don't reveal top chrome for toasts (#1790)
3f49fa53 helium/zen: don't show new tab toast when tabs are visible (#1789)
a7b5ed5b helium/ui/pdf-viewer: apply sidenav width only if open (#1774)
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May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026

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May 27, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.12.4

Helium updates to Chromium 148.0.7778.178 and adds OpenBSD packaging plus tab shortcut and vertical tab fixes.

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b4155a78 revision: bump to 4 (#1752)

75bb363f merge: update to chromium 148.0.7778.178 (#1751)

9b257a50 flags.gn: remove drumbrake enablement

64322bef patches: refresh for chromium 148.0.7778.178

56a15e4d merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 148.0.7778.178

7c07c452 Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.178

5e207628 Fallback string enum for older python

c44f96e1 helium/kb-shortcuts: don't modify close tab/window actions (#1736)

65369b1a Added OpenBSD package (#3783)

d99402c6 Check hide tab close buttons on vertical tabs (#3782)

0ca51e8b Add patch for disabling JIT (#3775)
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May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026

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May 14, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.12.3

Helium updates Chromium to 148.0.7778.167 and fixes Zen VTS display issues on Windows.

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d14e214a revision: bump to 3 (#1682)

48eb96f4 helium/zen: fix zen vts not displaying on windows (#1681)

549f912f merge: update to chromium 148.0.7778.167 (#1679)

b304a82a patches: refresh for chromium 148.0.7778.167

4f53b3ce merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 148.0.7778.167

dca3530b Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.167

d195bfc9 Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.96
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May 12, 2026
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May 12, 2026

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May 12, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.12.2

Helium adds custom keyboard shortcuts, improves Zen mode and UI polish, and hardens noise algorithms for better performance. It also boosts accessibility and i18n, restores the exit option in the app menu, and refines tab search, downloads, and link-opening behavior.

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d028d7d4 revision: bump to 2 (#1668)
11167773 helium: add support for configuring custom keyboard shortcuts (#1552)
d3c146ca helium/ui/zen: floating VTS sidebar with slide animation, refactor (#1590)
de395cbf helium/ui/color-mixers: improve light mode element contrast (#1663)
52a83d0a helium/noise: harden & improve performance of noising algorithms (#1642)
1884190d helium: move all hardcoded strings to grd for i18n (#1655)
e830f2cf helium/ui: remove toolbar dividers (#1656)
245e2361 helium/noise/canvas: reduce noise on smooth pixels
5fcaac21 helium/noise/canvas: avalanche coordinate seeds
ac103b47 helium/noise/canvas: refactor
b48236f7 helium/noise/audio: add coordinate jitter to audio readback
ac87ba64 helium/noise/canvas: split content and coordinate noise
abe3e556 helium/noise/canvas: simplify float noising paths
118c87c4 helium/noise/canvas: write pixels back directly to buffer
db09cac3 helium/zen: add new tab toast when opening links in zen mode (#1649)
1cd894db helium/core/kb-shortcuts: open downloads bubble when available (#1652)
b974f814 helium/override-protocol: override protocol in tab search ui (#1650)
2b78ce48 helium/noise/canvas: support floating point types and imagedata (#1625)
06bc5f81 helium/ui/app-menu: restore exit option under "more tools" (#1628)
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May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026

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May 6, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.12.1

Helium adds standard QR code generation, a new close-tabs-to-left action, and several UI and stability tweaks.

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4f69833a revision: bump to 1 (#1600)
1f2844fd helium/ui: generate standard qr codes in toolbar action (#1599)
927c3f0f helium/ui/app-menu: remove vertical tabs & exit options (#1595)
f5193786 ungoogled/disable-ai: remove prediction_model factory (#1593)
bf15608b deps: update onboarding (#1588)
75b548a5 helium/core: add "close tabs to left" context menu action (#1570)
3e668c77 utils/downloads: remove deprecated args and SSL disabling (#1582)
8788c730 helium/ui/zen: reapply fix for division-by-zero (#1581)
3745a869 utils: add gperf to contingent paths (#1576)
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May 3, 2026
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May 3, 2026

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May 4, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.12.0

Helium releases a Chromium 148.0.7778.96 update with UI and layout polish, including fixes for the centered address bar popup, vertical mode spacing and collapsed state, refreshed patches, and Windows first-run dictionary path improvements.

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9a9c3c92 merge: helium 0.12.0, chromium 148.0.7778.96 (#1546)

a3939ad5 revision: reset to 0

373ca8ed helium/toolbar-layout: undo accidental whitespace removal

8eac4612 helium/irrelevant-flags: update for M148

d1058826 helium/ui/layout: fix centered address bar popup flicker (#1560)

b9c270aa helium/ui/vertical: fix ntb height, tab insets and collapsed state

dd1a85ca helium/irrelevant-flags: clean up flags and add vts hover flag

86d91a9d helium/layout: rip out chromium expand on hover pref

1d57a4d9 helium/ui/context-menu: don't add separator if not in vertical layout

ec2279d7 helium/ui/vertical: migrate collapse state to chromium prefs

1ed00f0d patches: refresh for 148.0.7778.96

9619cf59 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 148.0.7778.96

a50bc6fd devutils/platform_patches: preserve generic series changes on unmerge (#1550)

24d8d010 i18n/hi: update owners file (#1558)

94267d33 Update to Chromium 148.0.7778.96

e6eb81ca Fix Windows dictionary path in first-run-page.patch (#3761)
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Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026

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Apr 30, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.11.7

Helium updates to Chromium 147.0.7727.137 and fixes PDF viewer scroll lag while removing the GDrive icon.

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7330d577 revision: bump to 7 (#1524)

cacfef8c merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.137 (#1515)

9165e470 patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.137

347441cf merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.137

f247fc71 helium/ui/pdf-viewer: fix scroll lag and remove gdrive icon (#1509)

a3678ba9 Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.137

484921bc helium/ui/pdf: remove gdrive icon

7021065f helium/ui/pdf: fix scroll lag caused by dynamic sidenav width
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Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026

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Apr 29, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.11.6

Helium adds Zen mode by default and improves dark mode colors in a fresh UI-focused changelog update.

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f8de630e revision: bump to 6 (#1508)

d8f9af28 helium/ui/zen: enable zen mode option by default (#1507)

ce44c743 helium/ui: fix dark mode colors & refactor related patches (#1504)

5eea50a9 helium/ui: use darker colors in dark mode

257efc82 helium/ui/frame-background: remove useless header include & format

1ae83afc i18n: add new strings, update owners, fix notify script (#1448)

a2a555ec i18n: update owners file

0540940f ci: fix i18n notify pipeline

7bd090f5 i18n: add new strings
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Apr 25, 2026
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Apr 25, 2026

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Apr 26, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.11.5

Helium adds Zen and UI improvements, including options to pin the top bar, new settings toggles and shortcuts, and a set of Windows UI fixes for better layout, tabs, and fullscreen behavior.

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be4a06e4 revision: bump to 5 (#1446)
229dab01 helium/settings: un-title case custom avatar tooltip (#1447)
be9a3327 helium/zen: add option to pin top bar, add toggles to settings (#1443)
5a10a373 helium/zen: add toggles for pinning top/side chrome to settings
a2193d7f helium/zen: add shortcut for pinning top toolbar
bff736c0 helium/ui: various fixes for improving UI on windows (#1445)
8de63a4f helium/ui: fix 2px ui crop on top on windows
d86fdf17 helium/ui/tabs: fix padding and center the favicon
a867a333 helium/ui/vertical: fix toolbar height on windows
cdbece53 helium/zen: fix division-by-zero when collapsing vts (#1441)
b4fd4a8e helium/zen: block caption button events when hidden (#1439)
a0780eb1 helium/ui/rounded-frame: hide the frame in fullscreen mode (#1436)
458bee8e utils/i18n: limit max number of workers to 32 (#1432)
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Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026

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Apr 25, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.11.4

Helium releases Chromium 147.0.7727.116 with refreshed patches, a broader translation rollout, custom profile avatars, and a major round of UI polish for rounded frames, zen mode, tabs, side panels, and status bubbles.

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99c9e18b revision: bump to 4 (#1431)
f669ff52 merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.116 (#1427)
40d47da6 patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.116
d8ced84d merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.116
88102663 merge: second batch of translations (#1400)
8591b448 helium/ui: better content separation and consistent framing (#1408)
2b77669c helium/ui/status-bubble: fix text color refreshing on linux
64a8a047 helium/ui/zen-mode: don't draw a separator if VTS is floating
4864f101 helium/ui/zen-mode: don't paint toolbar items outside of frame on linux
b95aacd0 helium/ui/frame-background: replace old frame background in more places
18d41fef helium/ui/drop-target: use new frame styling with dynamic corners
b91da86c helium/ui/zen-mode: smooth slide animations, optimize corners better
69ce5c02 helium/ui/zen-mode: optimize for the rounded frame and dynamic corners
419f7fb6 helium/ui/tabs: unify split tabs style
aca8a005 helium/ui: style side panel to match web contents, fix layout separators
152d74a0 helium/ui/rounded-frame: use pref instead of flag, fix outline color
ae72b022 helium/ui: refactor frame, move mini toolbar removal into separate patch
39bf3f48 helium/ui: use frame radius helper, reduce radius in fullscreen
e4fe9b15 helium/ui: create a frame radius helper for best corners on every OS
3c1b040a helium/ui: add stroke to rounded frame, limit rounding to normal window
4207bd0e helium/ui: add a rounded webview frame with adaptive corners
53ff75eb helium/ui: restore side panel to original form
567d02d2 helium/ui: restore multi content borders and optimize them for helium
b4b060a3 helium/ui/status-bubble: redesign and refactor
6b900835 helium/ui: restore layout separators
79784c93 helium/ui/tabs: update tab strip colors, transparent tabs by default
d0ba605b helium/ui: use bright colors for the browser frame
67ea7682 i18n: deduplicate strings
da04702c i18n: untranslate do not track
9cbad6bf i18n: add Spanish (Latin America) (es-419) translation (#1285)
1594bc73 i18n: add Catalan (ca) translation (#1277)
d66528af i18n: add Hindi (hi) translation (#1296)
0eea8e66 i18n: add French (Canada) (fr-CA) translation (#1292)
f23a9e6f i18n: add German (de) translation (#1281)
3c33a6b8 i18n: add Khmer (km) translation (#1306)
f532f016 i18n: add Danish (da) translation (#1280)
2036f345 i18n: add Dutch (nl) translation (#1321)
d2c3aa41 i18n: add Hebrew (he) translation (#1295)
8d105f8c i18n: add French (fr) translation (#1291)
a2fb72f9 i18n: add Norwegian Bokmål (nb) translation (#1319)
6b19ea4e i18n: add Hungarian (hu) translation (#1298)
386150eb i18n: add Armenian (hy) translation (#1299)
1e21aad1 i18n: add Lao (lo) translation (#1310)
e67e8145 i18n: add Kyrgyz (ky) translation (#1309)
177d9c01 i18n: add Kannada (kn) translation (#1307)
1af0b6e7 i18n: add Galician (gl) translation (#1293)
90223b10 i18n: add Persian (fa) translation (#1288)
4ccd99fa i18n: add Greek (el) translation (#1282)
1a45aa12 i18n: add Bengali (bn) translation (#1275)
ea841981 i18n: add Bulgarian (bg) translation (#1274)
7e663390 i18n: add Azerbaijani (az) translation (#1272)
95d52281 i18n: add Georgian (ka) translation (#1304)
be3d15c7 i18n: add Gujarati (gu) translation (#1294)
b42072d4 i18n: add Mongolian (mn) translation (#1315)
dbb3920c i18n: add Nepali (ne) translation (#1320)
bec06c72 i18n: add Punjabi (pa) translation (#1323)
c7f63178 i18n: add Sinhala (si) translation (#1329)
d74e8d8f i18n: add Burmese (my) translation (#1318)
fd57953c i18n: add Telugu (te) translation (#1338)
81ef6ec4 i18n: add Swahili (sw) translation (#1336)
14244bc0 i18n: add Urdu (ur) translation (#1342)
f3852d83 i18n: add Uzbek (uz) translation (#1343)
a4d7bc81 i18n: add Indonesian (id) translation (#1300)
14ec637b i18n: add Belarusian (be) translation (#1273)
5e21690e helium/core: add support for custom profile avatars (#1131)
d74f54bb Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.116
88c00406 utils/i18n: factor out apply_translations() (#1407)
5085b577 helium/zen: keep top bar open for bubbles, delay mouse-exit collapse (#1397)
9dc3fd3a merge: first batch of translations (#1352)
407af114 i18n: clean up duplicated strings
12fd67f8 i18n: add Assamese (as) translation (#1271)
4f893d8c i18n: add Arabic (ar) translation (#1270)
037777da i18n: add Afrikaans (af) translation (#1268)
f8acdbd2 i18n: add Macedonian (mk) translation (#1313)
9dade902 i18n: add Bosnian (bs) translation (#1276)
18ce51bd i18n: add Latvian (lv) translation (#1312)
e6876c49 i18n: add Filipino (fil) translation (#1290)
d71606d9 i18n: add Kazakh (kk) translation (#1305)
d4adf3d4 i18n: add Malayalam (ml) translation (#1314)
c36117fa i18n: add Lithuanian (lt) translation (#1311)
b989152c i18n: add Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT) translation (#1326)
e01ab553 i18n: add Basque (eu) translation (#1287)
378d796d i18n: add Thai (th) translation (#1339)
0cfb8c7d i18n: add Welsh (cy) translation (#1279)
12530a36 i18n: add Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR) translation (#1325)
e539a62d i18n: add Tamil (ta) translation (#1337)
2fa3c60d i18n: add Odia (or) translation (#1322)
0f4be4b6 i18n: add Korean (ko) translation (#1308)
dffd782f i18n: add Icelandic (is) translation (#1301)
9e36d0ca i18n: add Slovenian (sl) translation (#1331)
3a30eab6 i18n: add Croatian (hr) translation (#1297)
2e7a95fd i18n: add Malay (ms) translation (#1317)
2cb24455 i18n: add Spanish (es) translation (#1284)
ed128a3d i18n: add Estonian (et) translation (#1286)
be9a36f8 i18n: add Japanese (ja) translation (#1303)
ab91f25f i18n: add Albanian (sq) translation (#1332)
bad019b5 i18n: add Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn) translation (#1334)
4916f0e5 i18n: add Finnish (fi) translation (#1289)
8bf0059e i18n: add Amharic (am) translation (#1269)
a2f9bcb1 i18n: add Polish (pl) translation (#1324)
56ac86df i18n: add Romanian (ro) translation (#1327)
48cabdea i18n: add Marathi (mr) translation (#1316)
e4939fdf i18n: add Swedish (sv) translation (#1335)
b3a54ca1 i18n: add Chinese (Simplified) (zh-CN) translation (#1345)
ca5a83f9 i18n: add Chinese (Hong Kong) (zh-HK) translation (#1346)
a1f19027 i18n: add Ukrainian (uk) translation (#1341)
2002f79e i18n: add Zulu (zu) translation (#1348)
14b78221 i18n: add Serbian (sr) translation (#1333)
22c639a4 i18n: add Turkish (tr) translation (#1340)
4f9db87a i18n: add Vietnamese (vi) translation (#1344)
3465e695 i18n: add Chinese (Traditional) (zh-TW) translation (#1347)
580180d0 i18n: add Slovak (sk) translation (#1330)
8c806c4e i18n: add English (UK) (en-GB) translation (#1283)
d96848ea i18n: add Russian (ru) translation (#1328)
b5dd2680 i18n: add Czech (cs) translation (#1278)
51d60a2f i18n: add Italian (it) translation (#1302)
69c87d60 utils/clone: clone latest depot_tools instead of relying on DEPS (#1387)
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Apr 16, 2026
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Apr 16, 2026

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Helium by imputnet

0.11.3

Helium updates Chromium 147.0.7727.101 and fixes search bar and tab layout behavior.

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603b96d4 revision: bump to 3 (#1384)

9b214c03 helium/layout/vertical: remove leftover tab context menu option (#1383)

e24bdcf9 helium/ui/layout: restore tab strip NTB in compact layout (#1382)

376aa157 merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.101 (#1379)

6c96742f patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.101

2350d3e6 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.101

9805b326 Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.101

33f864e2 Fix search bar on new tab page for downstream disable-ai.patch users (#3729)
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Apr 14, 2026
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Apr 14, 2026

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Apr 14, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.11.2

Helium fixes keyboard shortcuts, adds an i18n pipeline, and improves Windows Chrome import builds.

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551d5b2b revision: bump to 2 (#1359)

2d05bcea helium/core/keyboard-shortcuts: fix cmd+shift+c enabling (#1358)

b0395c7e devutils, utils: implement i18n pipeline (#1265)

2ddb659e brave/chrome-importer: fix build on windows (#1254)
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Apr 11, 2026
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Apr 11, 2026

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Apr 11, 2026
Helium by imputnet

0.11.1

Helium updates to Chromium 147.0.7727.55 and tweaks toolbar and flyover behavior.

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daa32b5d merge: update to chromium 147.0.7727.55 (#1237)
676d9c73 revision: reset to 1
cac00754 helium/core: disable side panel flyover animation
3de6ec1c helium/ui/layout/vertical: use same tween & duration in flyover
ea414ca1 helium/core: make sure that tab search is in toolbar
d75cbc86 helium/core/exclude-irrelevant-flags: update for m147
bff1779a ungoogled/prunned-binaries: don't null out ActorKeyedService
de9d0e0e patches: refresh for chromium 147.0.7727.55
2ffbca84 merge: update ungoogled-chromium to 147.0.7727.55
f20303e7 Update to Chromium 147.0.7727.55
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