Brave Browser Updates

[silversurfer]

Brave Stable v1.5.112

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added ad conversion attribution for Brave ads. (#6536)
  
• Added ability for websites to determine if browser is Brave. (#8216)
  
• Improved compatibility with MetaMask and allow web3 provider selection. (#7503)
  
• Improved fingerprinting privacy by removing “navigator.deviceMemory”. (#1157)
  
• Removed reference to star icon used to bookmark pages under the bookmark manager. (#2494)
  
• Updated top sites background from translucent to opaque under New Tab Page. (#6642)
  
• Updated text in the “Ads” panel under brave://rewards. (#7500)
  
• Fixed favorites and bookmarks not importing from Safari. (#2710)
  
• Fixed intermittent crash if ad confirmations library is called before being instantiated. (#7728)
  
• Fixed 5% fee for Brave Rewards not always being sent when multiple tips are sent in quick succession. (#7425)
  
• Fixed all confirmation types such as viewed, clicked and dismissed being counted towards the ads per hour limit. (#8539)
  
• Fixed incorrect message being displayed on panel and tip banner in certain cases. (#7739)
  
• Fixed duplicate ads entries not being added into “7-day Ads History” in brave://rewards. (#7869)
  
• Fixed incorrect color being used for the “thumbs up” icon in “7-day Ads History” under brave://rewards. (#7437)
  
• Fixed PDFium displaying “Brave Software Drive” in the “Save as PDF” modal. (#5450)
  
• Fixed shields content should be specific to the page that the shields panel is opened from. (#6601)
  
• Fixed shields warning not visible when changing between advanced vs simple view while using dark theme. (#7628)
  
• Fixed “brave-browser.list” being removed on Linux whenever upgrading Brave. (#6912)
  

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Brave Stable v1.5.113

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.149. (#8728)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/

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Brave Stable v1.5.122

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.162. (#8947)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/

[silversurfer]

Brave Stable 1.7.92

Release Notes (Desktop)

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• Added monthly statements for Brave Rewards. (#930)
  
• Added purchase intent classifier for Brave ads. (#8047)
  
• Added P3A metric for default search engine. (#8341)
  
• Added a new proxy endpoint for location service. (#8167)
  
• Added the ability to hide Brave Shields activity count. (#3121)
  
• Added new wallpaper images for New Tab Page. (#6904)
  
• Added ability to access extension keyboard shortcuts from brave://settings/extensions. (#4024)
  
• [Security] Added auto-upgrade of mixed content connections where available. (#4381)
  
• Enhanced privacy by randomizing HTML canvas fingerprints by first-party domain. (#5614)
  
• Changed rewards publisher list fetch interval from 1 day to every 3 days. (#8955)
  
• Reduced the frequency of showing the same ad notification to users opted into Brave Ads. (#7888)
  
• Removed the ability for an Uphold connected, non-KYC’d user wallet to tip and perform auto-contribute within Brave Rewards. (#8075)
  
• Removed broken translate button once the Google Translate extension has been installed. (#8082)
  
• Enabled DNS-over-HTTPS upgrades when possible. (#1864)
  
• Enabled cosmetic filtering by default. (#8068)
  
• Re-enabled WebXR by default. (#8424)
  
• Re-enabled Other Bookmarks. (#7639)
  
• Disabled Reporting API. (#7956)
  
• Disabled Wayback Machine on localhost. (#8420)
  
• Renamed “Site Settings” to “Site and Shields Settings” under brave://settings/privacy. (#8826)
  
• Fixed copying brave:// results in pasting chrome://. (#1973)
  
• Fixed ad notifications not being displayed under Windows due to Brave not being added into Windows “Notifications & actions” settings. (#8932)
  
• Fixed ESC key not closing the tip banner after tipping. (#7609)
  
• Fixed rewards panel not resizing properly in certain cases. (#7147)
  
• Fixed CAPTCHA targets not being fully shown on rewards panel in certain cases. (#7597)
  
• Fixed favicon display issue on brave://rewards page. (#8007)
  
• Fixed monthly contributions not being reflected on Brave Rewards widget. (#8467)
  
• Fixed notification icon incorrectly displaying on rewards icon in URL bar after claiming grants from rewards panel. (#8239)
  
• Fixed incorrect message being displayed on panel and tip banner in certain cases. (#8512)
  
• Fixed persistent Brave ads service errors on startup. (#8138)
  
• Fixed embedded maps not loading on certain websites by adding fingerprinting exception for both https://public.tableau.com and https://www.arcgis.com. (#8902
  
• Fixed sync crash when multiple bookmarks have the same object id. (#8358)
  
• Fixed several cases where sync would hang the browser. (#7986)
  
• Fixed ad service crash when migrating to new database. (#8132)
  
• Fixed extra whitespace on https://www.dia.net.au. (#6190)
  
• Fixed widget remove option on New Tab Page using light theme when dark theme was selected. (#6395)
  
• Fixed “Show Sponsored Images” toggle being reset from off to on when re-enabling “Show Background Image”. (#8552)
  
• Fixed shields defaulting to advanced view by default for new profiles. (#8533)
  
• Fixed shields settings not being cleared via brave://settings/clearBrowserData dialog when selecting time range other than “All time”. (#8231)
  
• Fixed custom adblock rules not allowing cosmetic filters. (#4348)
  
• Fixed Widevine not working without a page refresh in certain cases. (#4646)
  
• Fixed brave://wallet alias not being displayed in URL when looking up ENS or suspicious websites in certain cases. (#8524)
  
• Added promotion for Tap Network (US only). (#8617)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/

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Brave Stable 1.7.98

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Removed monthly statements for Brave Rewards prior to February 2020. (#8987)
  
• Fixed certain websites not being classified correctly for Brave ads. (#9021)
  
• Fixed retry logic for bad or duplicate Brave ad confirmations. (#9242)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 81.0.4044.113. (#9251)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/

[silversurfer]

Brave Stable 1.8.90

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added Memo ID for applicable assets in the Binance widget. (#9535)
  
• [Security] Fixed an out-of-bound read crash in the renderer process. (#9552)
  
• Fixed incorrect Safe Browsing label in brave://settings/privacy. (#9266)
  
• Fixed deposit addresses and QR codes not being displayed for all assets in the Binance widget. (#9250)
  
• Fixed inability to toggle off referral background images on brave://settings/themes. (#9515)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/

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Brave Stable 1.8.95

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Fixed Memo ID and wallet address not being displayed for applicable assets in the Binance widget. (#9605)
  
• Fixed stablecoins not being included in the wallet balance total for the Binance widget. (#9559)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 81.0.4044.138. (#9632)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/

[jasonX]

Thanks for the update!

[Deep900]

Release Notes V1.8.96

Fixed users not receiving ad promotion due to empty public key in certain cases. (#9684)
Implemented pagination for publisher list. (#9607)

https://brave.com/latest/

[silversurfer]

Brave Stable 1.9.80

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Fixed default setting for “Show Brave suggested sites in autocomplete suggestions” to be off under brave://settings/appearance. (#10131)
  

Download: https://brave.com/download/