Download Brave 0.56.12

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 security 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 Brave 0.56.12 for desktop with the following changes:

Version 0.56.12

• Updated the Brave shields panel with a new design. (#1339)
• Added support for direct YouTube donations using the Rewards panel. (#1282)
• Added global Brave shield settings into preferences. (#1288)
• Added exclude / include option to the Rewards panel. (#1283)
• Added “Creating Wallet” message when enabling Rewards for the first time using the Rewards panel.(#1502)
• Added search engine shortcut keys. (#731)
• Fixed Hulu not playing in Brave. (#1242)
• Fixed PDFs protected by cookie based login not loading. (#1287)
• Fixed scripts not being blocked when disabling / re-enabling Brave shields. (#1991)
• Fixed favicons not being displayed for media publisher in the Rewards panel. (#1887)
• Fixed contrast so text under Rewards settings is more visible. (#1824)
• Fixed several issues with the Dow Jones promotion (#287)
• Fixed exclude / include not working when the publisher is not listed in the auto-contribution table. (#1797)
• Fixed websites not being added into the auto-contribution table after contribution has been made. (#1796)
• Fixed verified icon not being displayed for verified YouTube channels.(#1795)
• Fixed grant notifications being displayed even though there’s no grants available. (#1793)
• Fixed favicons not loading correctly when enabling Rewards using the Rewards panel. (#1792)
• Fixed publisher information not appearing under the Rewards panel after restarting Brave. (#1777)
• Fixed onboarding links not being opened in new tabs. (#1739)
• Fixed Flash not properly blocking after clearing browser data. (#1727)
• Fixed websites not being added to the auto-contribute table if Rewards is enabled using Rewards Panel. (#1719)
• Fixed “learn more” link for WebRTC under preferences. (#1690)
• Fixed explanatory text in private window not displaying the correct macOS keyboard shortcuts for Tor windows. (#1688)
• Fixed Qwant in private windows and Tor windows for certain regions. (#1666)
• Fixed incorrect publisher being displayed under the Rewards panel on YouTube. (#1660)
• Fixed incorrect attention values ​​for websites visited after auto-contribution. (#1656)
• Fixed auto-contribute entries sometimes containing “on YouTube” text twice. (#1565)
• Fixed several alignment issues under the Rewards page when minimizing the window. (#1556)
• Fixed deleted publishers being re-added into the auto-contribution table when they are revisited. (#1440)
• Fixed auto-contribution values ​​not recalculating after removing entries from the auto-contribution table. (#1410)
• Fixed WebTorrent sometimes going blank when switching tabs/windows. (#1400)
• Fixed torrent files being downloaded twice when clicking on “Save Torrent File”. (#1399)
• Fixed Brave shields not working after re-enabling in private browsing mode. (#1198)