Software Update: Brave 1.29.76

Brave is a web browser based on Chromium. At the helm of the company behind Brave is Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript and one of the founders of Mozilla. Brave focuses on improving online safety and provides an alternative system for financially supporting content providers. The idea is that advertising is often a website’s biggest source of income, but intrusive advertising causes many people to use ad blockers and websites lose revenue. The developers have released version 1.29.76 and its changelog looks like this:

Release Notes V1.29.76

• Added Gemini two-way Brave Rewards wallet. (#17161)
• Added prompt to enable crash reporting. (#1841)
• Added support for launching Brave with a Tor window when using the terminal/command line interface. (#2105)
• Added “Show Search Tabs button” setting under brave://settings/appearance. (#16007)
• Added “walletActive” parameter to the stats usage ping. (#17059)
• Added ephemeral support to “BroadcastChannel”. (#17220)
• Added Uphold user ID under brave://rewards-internals to assist with rewards support. (#16937)
• Added a “Relaunch” button which displays after the in-line “Tips Settings” are modified. (#16941)
• Changed the location of QR code for iOS devices to be under the “Manage Your Wallet” modal on brave://rewards page. (#16954)
• Updated the date of installation parameter in the stats ping to expire in 30 days. (#17089)
• Reduced the height of the download bar. (#1638)
• Removed the Brave Rewards semi-verified user wallet state which occurred in certain cases. (#15390)
• Fixed IPFS links not being fully displayed in the Brave Rewards panel. (#16612)
• Fixed mute button moving when hovering on an inactive tab. (#16860)
• Fixed the close “x” button not being shown on tab hover with small tab size on macOS. (#13946)
• Fixed inconsistent capitalization in menu items on Windows and Linux. (#17309)
• Upgraded Chromium to 93.0.4577.58. (#17668) (Changelog for 93.0.4577.58)