Brave Browser Updates

[harlan4096]

Release Channel 1.82.161 (Windows and macOS Only)

Full Release Notes​

Web3​

• Added wallet address “Actions” menu. (#47019)
  
• Updated Brave Wallet to support both object and string data formats for the “eth_signTypedData_v4” transactions. (#46822)
  
• Updated UI for the “Add Suggested Token” panel. (#47720)
  
• Updated UI for the “Confirm Switch Networks” panel. (#47571)
  
• Updated UI for the “Confirm Add Network” panel. (#47570)
  
• Updated padding on the “Transaction Intent” text of the “Post Confirmation” panel. (#45829)
  
• Fixed broken “Market Details” page. (#47678)
  

Leo​

• Added “Gemma 3 12B” to the list of pre-loaded models. (#46411)
  
• Added support for Brave Leo customization and memory feature. (#47685 & #47981)
  
• Added the ability to add tabs as attachments by mentioning them starting with “@”. (#46215)
  
• Added model icons to the “Regenerate Answer” menu. (#47223)
  
• Added support to display markdown-formatted tables in Brave Leo responses. (#46085)
  
• Updated Brave Leo to use image content as reference context when accessed via its URL. (#47353)
  
• Updated padding of the “Send” and “Tool” buttons. (#46904)
  
• Removed “Llama Vision” from the default model list. (#47577)
  
• Fixed empty citation brackets being displayed in certain cases. (#47484)
  
• Fixed inability to scroll during Brave Leo onboarding on small screen resolutions. (#40910)
  
• Fixed wrapping of “Edited” label. (#47485)
  

General​

• Added “Theme and colors” and “Toolbar” side panels under brave://settings/appearance. (#39375)
  
• Added support for Brave VPN “Smart Proxy” on Windows and macOS. (#43737)
  
• Added the ability to disable Brave Talk via Admin policy. (#47457)
  
• Added the ability to disable Brave News via Admin policy. (#47456)
  
• Added a “Delete” button to the downloads panel. (#35432)
  
• Added a top level toggle for Speedreader feature under brave://settings/braveContent. (#48336)
  
• Added the ability to show hidden entries in the “Filter lists” section under brave://settings/shields/filters. (#28987)
  
• Added an “issue” category dropdown to the webcompat reporter. (#46287)
  
• Added localization support for Laotian and Kazakh. (#48110 & #45184)
  
• [Security] Disabled “navigator.share()” in Tor windows on macOS as reported on HackerOne by cinzinga. (#47726)
  
• [Security] Treat “.onion” hostnames as secure for insecure form warnings and autofill as reported on HackerOne by newfunction. (#44802)
  
• [Security] Prevent tab modal dialogs being shown from inactive split tab as reported on HackerOne by frozzipies. (#46871)
  
• Improved adblocking. (#46301, #46292, #46290, & #46289)
  
• Improved adblock content picker design. (#45104)
  
• Improved the mapping of group policies to preferences. (#48187)
  
• Updated P3A components to be removed when disabled. (#47473)
  
• Removed WebTorrent code now that WebTorrent has been deprecated. (#46430)
  
• Fixed issue where custom scriptlets were removed in certain cases. (#45657)
  
• Fixed favicon alignment with pinned split tabs when vertical tabs are enabled. (#47364)
  
• Fixed “Tab Search” button being displayed when disabled and vertical tabs are enabled. (#47076)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 140.0.7339.80. (#48911) (Changelog for 140.0.7339.80)
  

Release Channel 1.82.161 (Windows and macOS Only)