Brave

Brave automatically blocks ads and trackers, making it faster and safer than your current browser. Soon, micropayments and better ads will give users and publishers a better deal. Up to a whopping 60% of page-load time is caused by the underlying ad technology that loads into various places each time you hit a page on your favorite news site. And 20% of this is time spent on loading things that are trying to learn more about you.

• Browse Faster - Brave blocks trackers and intrusive ads that can slow you down on the web.
• Browse Safer - Brave keeps you and your information safer, effectively shielding you from 3rd party tracking and malvertisement.
• Browse Better - With Brave, you can choose whether to see ads that respect your privacy or pay sites directly. Either way, you can feel good about helping fund content creators.

Features

• Brave blocks harmful advertising - There's a new ad game in town. It's called "Malvertising". The latest display ad technology can install malware on your laptop without your knowledge. But not with Brave watching your back.
• Brave redirects sites to HTTPS - We've integrated HTTPS Everywhere into every Brave browser to make sure you are always moving your bits across the safest possible pipe.
• Brave blocks tracking pixels and tracking cookies - Do you ever get that feeling that someone is watching you when you see an ad for something you bought a few days ago? We make sure you aren't being tracked while you shop online and browse your favorite sites.

• Added the ability to pay Twitch publishers with BAT. (#13139)
• There are three things related to Twitch that will be fixed or improved later: i) Paused videos are currently counted for watch time, ii) favicons associated with streams are not shown in the payments panel when watching live video iii) calculating watch time will be improved when seeking.
• Added the ability to sort publishers using the verified publisher column under payments. (#10752)
• Moved publishers that have been deleted from payments into a new dialog. (#12833)
• Fixed localization issue when backing up recovery key. (#13311)
• Fixed favicons not being consistently displayed under payments. (#13281)
• Fixed publisher pinning issue when brave profile has been corrupted. (#13134)
• Fixed the actions column under payments being clickable as it's not sortable. (#13074)
• Fixed token promotions notifying users who have disabled promotion notifications in the advanced settings. (#13021)
• Fixed "show notifications" under advanced settings being re-enabled when disabling/enabling payments. (#12817)
• Fixed publishers being auto included under payments even though "show only included sites" has been disabled. (#12766)
• Fixed incorrect decimal value being displayed when balance under payments is below a certain amount. (#12666)
• Fixed pinned publishers not always being displayed under payments. (#12584)
• Fixed "never include" wording under context menu when right clicking on publishers under payments. (#12296)
• Fixed incorrect amount being deducted from wallet during payment processing. (#12183)
• Fixed manually entered values for publishers under payments not being retained. (#11238)