1.62 (24.2.9.10)

In this release we:

• Made some improvements to Night Mode.
• Re-enabled Screen Time (visit Settings > Brave Shields & Privacy to try it out).
• Made some improvements to Brave Wallet.

Have questions, comments, or suggestions for future releases? Visit the Brave Community (https://community.brave.com/) to let us know. And, as ever, thanks for using Brave!

List of closed issue in this milestone can be found here

Release Notes

Web3

• Added support for fetching unknown tokens from non-main-net transactions. (#8529)
• Added support for SVG Blockies v2. (#8375)
• Added “Creating Wallet” step to Wallet Onboarding. (#8345)
• Added “Accounts” and “Transactions” tab to the asset detail view. (#8137)
• Added line chart v2 support for Wallet portfolio and asset details. (#8136)
• Added support for safer signing for swaps on https://swap.cow.fi/ (#8114)
• Migrated Solana Swaps to use Jupiter Swap API v6. (#8603)
• Fixed the approve screen not showing the confirmation when approve limit is lower than transaction value for - https://swap.cow.fi/ (#8721)
• Fixed portfolio filter from opening intermittently when scrolling up and down the portfolio asset list. (#8709)
• Fixed UI issues in Brave Wallet resulting from NFT GIFs failing to load. (#8560)
• Fixed Wallet onboarding flow to get stuck in one of the views when using Split View on iPad. (#8425)

General

• Added Global Privacy Control toggle under “Brave Shields & Privacy.” (#8556)
• Added “View all version info” to the version context menu under “About” in Settings. (#8705)
• Added auto-upgrading for mixed content that contains media using a content blocker. (#8664)
• Added authentication for the user when disabling “Browser Lock” from Settings. (#8608)
• Added option in “Search” settings to disable bookmarks and history suggestions. (#2336)
• Updated SSL Certificate display logic to be more in line with Chromium. (#8703)
• Updated Tracking Protection Stats script to prevent DOS. (#8562)
• Updated Privacy Hub on NTP to show dialog confirmation when using hide action. (#8493)
• Fixed tabs from being lost in certain cases. (#8694)
• Fixed background tab navigation exploit as reported on HackerOne by nishimunea. (#8606)
• Fixed “Security Certificate” to be shown in menu in certain cases when no certificate is found. (#8688)
• Fixed URLs not loading if already loaded in a tab using another browsing mode. (#8665)
• Fixed hyperlinks from not redirecting when value for target is “_blank.” (#8661)
• Fixed SSL status on interstitial pages to show correctly for offline and HTTP pages. (#8650)
• Fixed intermittent insecure state when loading URLs in certain cases. (#8635)
• Fixed a crash when loading invalid URLs using “Open In New Tab” via long-press. (#8647)
• Fixed an issue with videos not being auto-downloaded in Playlist. (#8614)
• Fixed “noscript” html tags from being rendered properly when JavaScript is disabled. (#8585)
• Fixed being able to bypass Screen Time by opening a new tab from a locked tab. (#8579)
• Fixed closed tabs not being restore using Cmd + Shift + T command when connected to hardware keyboard. (#8552)
• Fixed VPN icon not being resized correctly in main menu for current accessibility font size. (#8497)
• Fixed cursor being misplaced for a selected URL when that URL doesn’t fit the screen. (#8374)
• Fixed Brave Rewards (BAT) icon from being grayed out after enabling rewards. (#8371)
• Fixed Playlist from playing next video when using picture-in-picture mode. (#8151)
• Fixed “Managing your Playlist data” dialog being presented for saving Shared Playlists even when “Auto-Save for Offline” is off in settings. (#8012)
• Fixed issue with adding pass/ticket to iOS Wallet. (#8057)
• Fixed videos intermittently being paused when opening in Playlist. (#7485)
• Fixed play/pause button state not being updated correctly when reopening Brave. (#7459)