Brave Browser Updates

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.76.82

Full Release Notes

• Upgraded Chromium to 134.0.6998.178. (#44940) (Changelog for 134.0.6998.178)
  

https://community.brave.com/t/release-channel-1-76-82/607384

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.77.95​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Added Zcash shielded support. (#44432)
  
• Added a prompt to “Select Account” when clicking “Swap” or “Bridge” from the “Portfolio” page. (#43441)
  
• Updated Brave Wallet to check portfolio balance using optimized balance scanner. (#44018)
  
• Updated UI to always display “Buy”, “Send”, “Swap”, “Bridge”, and “Deposit” in the “Asset Details” screen. (#43198)
  
• Expanded tokens list to fetch top 5000 ranked tokens. (#44019)
  
• Fixed Web3 DApp explorer section to list DApps. (#44929)
  

Leo​

• Added the ability to show/hide reasoning for supported models like Deepseek. (#43497)
  
• Added “Qwen 14B” to the list of pre-loaded models. (#43677)
  
• Updated Leo to show web sources used to generate query response from Brave Search. (#39630)
  

Rewards​

• Added “Next earnings payout date” to the “Home” view. (#43715)
  

General​

• Added “Use Vertical Tabs” option to the toolbar context menu. (#41721)
  
• [Security] Updated brave://downloads to always display the download URL as reported on HackerOne by cj27_. (#43501)
  
• [Security] Prevent extensions from injecting content scripts on https://account.brave.com as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#42998)
  
• Enabled on-device suggestions model for all search providers. (#43762)
  
• Updated default search engine to Yahoo! JAPAN for new installations in Japan region. (#44148)
  
• Updated the Safe Browsing “Standard protection” setting description under brave://settings/security. (#44377)
  
• Updated the focus border color on the URL bar to match user selected theme. (#44389)
  
• Updated icons on the Tab Groups menu. (#43792)
  
• Updated menu icon on the Extensions drop down. (#43872)
  
• Updated header order displayed on brave://settings. (#43718)
  
• Fixed crash which could occur when unlocking 1Password extension on macOS in certain cases. (#44210)
  
• Fixed performance/animation jank when dragging tabs in vertical tab mode. (#44050)
  
• Fixed issue where some pinned tabs are hidden at startup in vertical tab mode on Windows. (#44276)
  
• Fixed detached window being hidden during tab dragging when in vertical tab mode. (#44397)
  
• Fixed detached tab in new window not being rendered properly until releasing the mouse press when using vertical tab mode. (#44032)
  
• Fixed inability to resize sidebar panels in certain cases. (#43507)
  
• Fixed issue where various websites were broken with fingerprinting protections enabled. (#43555)
  
• Fixed hamburger menu being cut off in certain locales on Windows and Linux. (#41364)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.52. (#45124) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.52)
  

Release Channel 1.77.95

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.77.97​

Full Release Notes​

• Updated “Top sites” to “Top Suggestions” under brave://settings/appearance. (#44592)
  
• Reduced the width of the bookmarks application menu. (#45165)
  
• Fixed crash which occurred when a tab is sent from mobile to desktop. (#45198)
  
• Fixed insecure download indicator not being displayed. (#45159)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.84. (#45297) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.84)
  

Release Channel 1.77.97

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.77.100​

Full Release Notes​

• Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.100. (#45458) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.100
  

Release Channel 1.77.100

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.77.101​

Full Release Notes​

• Upgraded Chromium to 135.0.7049.115. (#45615) (Changelog for 135.0.7049.115)
  

Release Channel 1.77.101

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.78.94​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Fixed issue when importing Filecoin accounts from Ledger Hardware Wallet. (#45650)
  
• Fixed missing header for BTC and Zcash on the “Deposit” screen. (#41315)
  

 Leo​

• Added support for image upload to Leo. (#44311 & #44844)
  
• Implemented “Tab Focus Mode”. (#44679)
  
• Increased content lengths to improve Leo response when referencing a long page content. (#43928)
  

 Rewards​

• Fixed sizing issue with the adaptive CAPTCHA notification popup which occurred in certain cases. (#45561)
  

 General​

• Added brave://settings/accessibility page. (#15844)
  
• [Security] Re-encoded images fetched for Brave News. (#40620)
  
• Re-enabled Scroll To Text Fragment. (#44265)
  
• Improved autocomplete suggestion matching for bookmarks. (#44374)
  
• Improved how the “On mouseover” setting for sidebar works with split view tabs. (#43848)
  
• Disabled WebTorrent by default for new installs. (#44303)
  
• Removed “Set Brave as your default browser” from the hamburger menu. (#42307)
  
• Removed “Don’t warn me about this site again” on interstitial pages when using a Private Window. (#44216)
  
• Removed known tracking parameter “ck_subscriber_id” from certain URLs. (#44341)
  
• Removed non-localized “Applications” string from macOS DMG installer. (#43881)
  
• Fixed crash which occurred when importing browser settings from Microsoft Edge in certain cases. (#45603)
  
• Fixed crash which occurred in certain cases when visiting Google Suite pages while certain extensions are being used. (#45109)
  
• Fixed navigation-set cookies on HTTP redirect not being queued for deletion if “Forget me when I close this site” is enabled. (#44368)
  
• Fixed issue where brave://settings/content/all did not display all sites. (#45036)
  
• Fixed flicker effect when clicking out of the search widget on the New Tab Page. (#44220)
  
• Fixed issue where some unloaded tabs were not distinguishable from loaded tabs. (#36720)
  
• Fixed “Esc” key closing Private Window instead of displaying warning message. (#25768)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 136.0.7103.60. (#45767) (Changelog for 136.0.7103.60)
  

Release Channel 1.78.94

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.78.97​

Full Release Notes​

• Fixed broken screenshot preview on the webcompat reporter. (#45660)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 136.0.7103.93. (#45894) (Changelog for 136.0.7103.93)
  

Release Channel 1.78.97

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.78.102​

Full Release Notes​

• Upgraded Chromium to 136.0.7103.113. (#46065) (Changelog for 136.0.7103.113)
  

Release Channel 1.78.102

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.79.118​

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Added “Verified” DApp status to wallet connection panels. (#45507)
  
• Added “Connections” tab in the wallet panel for concurrent connections between “EVM” and “SVM” networks. (#41564)
  
• Added “Reset ZCash sync state” setting under brave://settings/web3. (#44782)
  
• Added Zcash shielded support on the “Deposit” screen. (#45185)
  
• Implemented auto-hide for bottom sheet when clicking away from the wallet panel. (#45436)
  
• Updated default segmented control size in wallet panel. (#45351)
  
• Fixed issue where Zcash native token may not be displayed on some wallets. (#46306)
  
• Fixed the “More” menu on the “Accounts” list being pushed out of view in certain cases. (#44949)
  

 Leo​

• Added “DeepSeek R1” to the list of pre-loaded models. (#45294)
  
• Added the ability to have links in Leo responses. (#44207)
  
• Added support for inline citations in generated responses. (#45152)
  
• Added full page screenshot feature for Brave Leo. (#45510)
  
• Added support for HTTPS links in responses when using Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) in Brave Leo. (#45116)
  
• Added support to allow for empty favicon for WebSources. (#45346)
  
• Updated Leo toolbar icon to launch full page chat. (#44988)
  
• Updated chat bubbles to break and wrap long words and URLs. (#45302)
  

 General​

• [Security] Fixed Tor onion icon incorrectly appearing in the URL bar in certain cases as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#45102 & #45376)
  
• Improved formatting of version information under brave://settings/help. (#2560)
  
• Updated the UI for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) for Windows and Linux. (#45107)
  
• Updated download button icon. (#45239)
  
• Removed “Can’t update Brave” message from hamburger menu on macOS. (#37427)
  
• Fixed issue with WebSocket reconnection. (#15410)
  
• Fixed Brave and Chromium versions displaying as “undefined” in brave://settings/help when browser language is not English. (#45840)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 137.0.7151.61. (#46422) (Changelog for 137.0.7151.61)
  

Release Channel 1.79.118