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Brave Release Notes

All release notes will be reported here as new releases are made.

Desktop

Release Notes v1.96.61 (Oct 2, 2026)

  • Reverted farbling support for schemes with inherited HTTP/HTTPS origin. (#59276)
  • Fix crash which occurred when using a Private Window to do calculations in the omnibox. (#59437)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 154.0.8037.98. (#59587) (Changelog for 154.0.8037.98)

Origin Release Notes

  • Reverted farbling support for schemes with inherited HTTP/HTTPS origin. (#59276)
  • Fix crash which occurred when using a Private Window to do calculations in the omnibox. (#59437)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 154.0.8037.98. (#59587) (Changelog for 154.0.8037.98)

Release Notes v1.96.60 (Sep 30, 2026)

  • Fixed privacy leak caused by favicon for sites added to sidebar in Tor windows as reported on HackerOne by witteshadovv. (#59318)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 154.0.8037.93. (#59449) (Changelog for 154.0.8037.93)

Origin Release Notes

Release Notes v1.96.59 (Sep 24, 2026)

Web3

  • Updated wallet to validate Solana mint addresses before NFT metadata/balance lookups. (#58531)
  • Updated wallet to use a popup window instead of opening the panel for submitted transaction. (#19595)

Leo

  • Added support for rendering mathematical equations in Leo responses. (#56523)
  • Fixed incorrect error displayed for “Tab focus” when no matching tabs are found. (#58519)

General

  • Added preview dialog for “Screenshot” tool. (#57937)
  • Updated VPN onboarding UI. (#57586)
  • Updated brave://settings/system “Memory” section to display “Always keep these sites active” selections. (#58960)
  • Updated location of “Screenshot” tool in hamburger menu from “Share” to “Save” section. (#58425)
  • Updated “Shift + Right click” override to check for canvas elements on page. (#56333)
  • Disabled Widevine in Tor windows and forced HTTPS on install as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#58453)
  • Fixed renderer crash when “UserMediaElement” is disabled. (#59012)
  • Fixed issue where onmibox calculation inputs were truncated in certain cases. (#54277)
  • Fixed toggle for “Improve search suggestions” under brave://settings/search not being persisted on browser restart. (#58943)
  • Fixed inability to edit startup pages under brave://settings/getStarted in certain cases. (#58846)
  • Fixed desktop shortcuts displaying the Chromium icon instead of the Brave icon. (#58499)
  • Fixed tab group hover card position when using vertical tabs. (#58592)
  • Fixed missing “WM_CLASS” and Wayland app ID for video Picture-in-Picture (PiP) window on Linux. (#57390)
  • Fixed issue where Brave News images weren’t immediately rendered in the side panel. (#58411)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 154.0.8037.58. (#59235) (Changelog for 154.0.8037.58)

Origin Release Notes

  • Added preview dialog for “Screenshot” tool. (#57937)
  • Updated brave://settings/system “Memory” section to display “Always keep these sites active” selections. (#58960)
  • Updated location of “Screenshot” tool in hamburger menu from “Share” to “Save” section. (#58425)
  • Updated “Shift + Right click” override to check for canvas elements on page. (#56333)
  • Fixed renderer crash when “UserMediaElement” is disabled. (#59012)
  • Fixed issue where onmibox calculation inputs were truncated in certain cases. (#54277)
  • Fixed toggle for “Improve search suggestions” under brave://settings/search not being persisted on browser restart. (#58943)
  • Fixed inability to edit startup pages under brave://settings/getStarted in certain cases. (#58846)
  • Fixed desktop shortcuts displaying the Chromium icon instead of the Brave icon. (#58499)
  • Fixed tab group hover card position when using vertical tabs. (#58592)
  • Fixed missing “WM_CLASS” and Wayland app ID for video Picture-in-Picture (PiP) window on Linux. (#57390)
  • Fixed issue where Brave News images weren’t immediately rendered in the side panel. (#58411)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 154.0.8037.58. (#59235) (Changelog for 154.0.8037.58)
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Android

Release Notes. v1.96.61 (Oct 2, 2026)

Release Notes v1.96.90 (Sep 30, 2026)

Release Notes v1.96.59 (Sep 24, 2026)

Web3

  • Updated wallet to validate Solana mint addresses before NFT metadata/balance lookups. (#58531)
  • Updated wallet to use a popup window instead of opening the panel for submitted transaction. (#19595)
  • Fixed issue where Ethereum and Solana site settings appeared blank. (#56467)
  • Fixed issue where Brave Wallet allowed transactions to be approved with insufficient balance. (#58273)
  • Fixed truncated UI on “Add network” screen in Brave Wallet when in landscape mode. (#58277)

Rewards

  • Fixed crash in Brave Rewards when triggered by background retention notifications. (#58575)

Leo

  • Added support for rendering mathematical equations in Leo responses. (#56523)

General

  • Improved onboarding layout spacing to prevent visual overlap between text and logo. (#56097)
  • Improved onboarding layout for landscape mode. (#58304)
  • Improved bottom navigation toolbar color alignment with system navigation bar when dynamic colors are enabled. (#58317)
  • Updated URL bar icons to use standardized sizing and Nala design framework. (#46059)
  • Updated contextual menu icons to use Nala design framework. (#56196)
  • Updated Brave News opt-in screen to use Nala design framework. (#58370)
  • Removed tab group creation option from tab selection menu when tab groups are disabled. (#58880)
  • Fixed issue where onmibox calculation inputs were truncated in certain cases. (#54277)
  • Fixed issue where opening browser while playing Picture-in-Picture (PiP) video created a second browser instance in certain cases. (#50550)
  • Fixed New Tab Page sponsored image notification remaining visible across other tabs and tabs overview screen. (#57447)
  • Fixed issue where tapping near “New Tab” button opened search suggestions when Google Search was set as default. (#57997)
  • Fixed inconsistent video playback behavior when entering Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode via different entry points. (#58181)
  • Fixed Brave Shields and Brave Rewards URL bar icons losing Nala colors after switching between Private and Standard tabs. (#58216)
  • Fixed crash during onboarding when install source information was unavailable in Play Store. (#58410)
  • Fixed tablet URL bar corner rendering in right-to-left (RTL) language layouts. (#58420)
  • Fixed unexpected Sync promotional banner appearing on “Recent Tabs” page. (#58479)
  • Fixed crash when opening QR code scanner on devices without a rear camera. (#58584)
  • Fixed crash that occurred when closing or rotating browser while a dialog was open in certain cases. (#58587)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 154.0.8037.58. (#59235) (Changelog for 154.0.8037.58)
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iOS

Release Notes v1.93.136 (Aug 16, 2026)

  • Added QuickView toolbar actions. (#53568)
  • Enabled implicit playlist caching by default. (#57582)
  • Enabled Liquid Glass by default on iOS 26. (#56438)
  • [Security] Improved sanitization of values in Brave Wallet as reported on HackerOne by z3phyrus. (#57613)
  • Removed opaque toolbar/navigation bar backgrounds. (#56315)
  • Updated adblock-rust to 0.13.0. (#57042)
  • Updated “Swap” and “Bridge” token selectors to filter out hidden tokens. (#56385)
  • Replaced hardcoded colors & fonts in the “Install VPN Profile” screen. (#56335)
  • Migrated hardcoded color values to Nala values. (#56194)
  • Fixed YouTube videos not being able to enter fullscreen when “Desktop site” is enabled. (#57823)
  • Fixed 1Password app SSO login not redirecting back to the 1Password app. (#57440)
  • Fixed users being unable to log in to Premium search in Private windows. (#56790)
  • Fixed toolbar in Brave Talk not remaining visible. (#56524)
  • Fixed the “Add tab” button showing the wrong color in the tabs bar on iPads in private mode. (#56468)
  • Fixed blocked query parameters not being removed for values like “=”. (#55924)
  • Upgraded Chromium to 151.0.7922.137. (#58062)(Changelog for 151.0.7922.137)
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Downloads of Brave Beta for desktop are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. You can also try Brave Origin Beta for a streamlined, premium browser experience.

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