3.4.1 (version code 49)

1 April 2020 - minimum API 19, target API 29

• Fix a storage permission issue on some Android 10 devices.

3.4 (version code 48)

28 March 2020 - minimum API 19, target API 29

• Replace Android’s download manager with a custom implementation.
• Add an option to specify the default download location.
• Teach downloads to respect proxies.
• Always reload tabs when switching proxies.
• Add an option to save a raw URL.
• Warn if saving a file will overwrite an existing file.
• Add a Bookmarks options menu entry so they can be accessed with Android 10’s gesture interface.
• Change the order of the options menu to prevent accidental creation of domain settings.
• Updated French translation provided by Kévin LE FLOHIC.
• Updated German translation provided by Bernhard G. Keller.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

3.3 (version code 47)

3 January 2020 - minimum API 19, target API 29

• Add support for custom proxies, including SOCKS proxies, and include an entry for I2P.
• Shorten the app name in the launcher.
• Remove Privacy Browser from the recent app list when closing via the back button.
• Preserve on-the-fly settings while navigating history.
• Allow any font size.
• Add an option to save websites as MHT archives.
• Add an option to open local files.
• Add open in background context menu entries.
• Add an option to open bookmarks in a new tab.
• Manually disable the screen timeout when playing videos in full screen mode.
• Disable HSTS.
• Update View Source to use the Sec-Fetch headers.
• Bump the target API to 29 (Android 10).
• French translation by Kévin LE FLOHIC.
• Updated German translation provided by Bernhard G. Keller.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

3.2 (version code 46)

20 July 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Change the default search engine and homepage to Startpage.
• Fix proxying through Orbot on recent versions of WebView.
• Create UltraList.
• Fix a problem with blocklists sometimes blocking the main URL.
• Update Facebook URL modification.
• Fix domain settings problems when navigating history.
• Always disable the screen timeout when watching a full screen video.
• Add touch feedback and make it easier to tap the close and add tab buttons.
• Load tabs from the context menus in the background.
• Add an option to save a webpage as an image.
• Improve keyboard support in full screen browsing mode.
• Update the request headers in View Source.
• Fix a number of crashes.
• Updated German translation provided by Bernhard G. Keller.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.
• Updated Turkish translation.

3.1 (version code 45)

27 May 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Add a close tab button to the app bar.
• Fix the left and right scrolling of website elements, which also makes the app bar scroll more smoothly.
• Add a blocklist loading splash screen and decrease the app load time.
• Add URL modification for Google Analytics, Facebook, and Twitter.
• Add the ability to open an image in a new tab.
• Fix the context menu web search.
• Fix undesired restarts when entering or exiting split screen mode.
• Fix changes to Download with External App not applying until after a restart.
• Fix browsing with some file managers.
• Add the option to disable the wide viewport.
• Improve the loading and switching of tabs.
• Display the WebView provider in About > Version on Android Oreo and newer.
• First full Turkish translation.
• Updated German translation provided by Bernhard G. Keller.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

3.0.1 (version code 44)

2 May 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Fix a bug that allowed the app bar to be scrolled off the screen when app bar scrolling was disabled, with no way to scroll it back.
• Fix a bug that prevented the app bar from being displayed after a tab was deleted if the new active tab was blank.
• Fix a rare crash when some pages finished loading.
• Make the back button close a tab if the WebView is at the beginning of the history list.

3.0 (version code 43)

26 April 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Add tabbed browsing.
• Fix a bug that caused the bottom of the WebView to be cut off when scrolling the app bar was disabled.
• Fix a bug that caused Privacy Browser to restart whenever a Bluetooth keyboard was connected/disconnected.
• Updated German translation provided by Bernhard G. Keller.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.
• Partial Turkish translation.

2.17.1 (version code 42)

5 March 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Fix a crash caused by bookmarks with very large favorite icons.
• Allow moving Privacy Browser to an SD card.

2.17 (version code 41)

27 February 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Add the ability to scroll the app bar.
• Create a Logcat Activity.
• Allow users to specify the URL and which browser to open when creating a desktop shortcut.
• Add Open With entries to the link and image context menus.
• Allow setting default apps from the Open With chooser.
• Fix a bug that allowed URL syntax highlighting while typing.
• Fix the pinned mismatch dialog sometimes showing when there is no mismatch.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.
• Partial German translation by Bernhard G. Keller.
• Partial Turkish translation.

2.16 (version code 40)

31 January 2019 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Fix a bug, introduced in 2.15, that caused SSL certificate pinning to be ignored in most cases.
• Add IP address pinning to domain settings.
• Create menu options for opening with apps and other browsers.
• Improve the text selection color in dark mode.
• Implement various improvements to the bookmarks database view activity.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.
• Partial Turkish translation.

2.15.1 (version code 39)

27 December 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Fix a bug that caused some devices to crash when opening a secondary activity.

2.15 (version code 38)

24 December 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Fix a bug when changing the user agent with domain settings.
• Fix the drawer layouts on phones with notches.
• Make the URL syntax highlighting call out the principal domain.
• Fix a bug when opening a drawer while text is selected.
• Fix two bugs with EasyList.
• Add support for file:// and content:// URLs.
• Update several preference names.
• Register Privacy Browser as a web search provider.
• Add instructions for downloading files to Guide > Tor.
• Create a dark theme for the swipe to refresh animation.
• Add swipe to refresh to the View Source activity.
• Remove Google’s Ad Consent library on the free flavor.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.
• Partial Turkish translation.

2.14 (version code 37)

8 December 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Add encrypted import and export options.
• Fix a bug when importing databases under certain circumstances.
• Add an options entry to quickly toggle proxying through Orbot.
• Add an option to download files using an external app.
• Fix the deletion of DOM storage.
• Scroll to the beginning of the URL text box after editing.
• Allow exiting the Bookmarks activity directly from a subfolder.
• Change the app icon back to the old style for older versions of Android.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.13 (version code 36)

29 October 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 28

• Add importing and exporting of bookmarks and settings (includes the read storage permission).
• Switch default loading of URLs from HTTP to HTTPS.
• Display how many items are blocked by each blocklist with live updates.
• Add a stop loading button.
• Add user agent and night mode controls to the options menu.
• Fix a bug with disappearing system bars after watching a full screen video.
• Fix the Clear Data menu item status on Oreo (Android 8.0) and newer.
• Fix the size of the Waiting for Orbot message.
• Bump target API to 28 (Android 9 Pie).
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.12 (version code 35)

31 July 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 27

• Change the default homepage and search engine to Searx.me.
• Add UltraPrivacy to the blocklists.
• Add an option to block all third-party resource requests.
• Add blocklist controls to the options menu.
• Add a Guide tab explaining the Requests activity.
• Fix the “Waiting for Orbot” message.
• Fix two bugs in the blocklist processing.
• Fix two problems with full screen video mode.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.11 (version code 34)

10 July 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 27

• Add a Requests activity that shows how many resource requests have been blocked.
• Fix a problem with proxying through Orbot on recent versions of WebView.
• Add an option to disable screenshots and screen recordings.
• Add swipe to refresh to domain and on-the-fly settings.
• Replace the form data app bar icon with a refresh icon.
• Remove form data options beginning in Android Oreo.
• Fix a crash when viewing or loading domain settings with a blank URL.
• Partially updated German translation provided by Stefan Erhardt.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.10 (version code 33)

24 May 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 27

• Enable uploading of files to websites on Lollipop and newer.
• Allow applied user agents to be auto-updated with new releases.
• Add a download URL option to the context menu.
• Add an ad consent dialog and update the privacy policy for Privacy Browser Free to comply with the GDPR.
• Use the new GDPR ad controls to set all app ads in Privacy Browser Free to be non-personalized and non-tracking.
• Fix a bug introduced in version 2.9 that prevented bookmarks from being loaded from the Bookmarks activity.
• Fix a bug that caused some changes in domain settings to not be applied until after a reload.
• Improve the workflow when adding and editing domain settings from the options menu.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.9 (version code 32)

9 May 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 27

• Use the public download directory (requires write storage permission).
• Add controls for the block lists to domain settings.
• Support launching other apps using custom URLs.
• Add a bookmarks tab to the guide.
• Create an adaptive icon.
• Preserve the favorite icon when returning from the settings or domains activities.
• Add a warning that Incognito Mode disables forward and back navigation.
• Allow cookies to be saved when Incognito Mode is enabled.
• Don’t reload the webpage when restarting from the launcher.
• Partially updated German translation provided by Stefan Erhardt.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• First complete Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.8.1 (version code 31)

1 March 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 27

• Workaround a bug in recent versions of Android’s WebView that prevented users from saving cookies when desired.

2.8 (version code 30)

22 February 2018 - minimum API 19, target API 27

• Switch to EasyList for ad and tracking blocking.
• Add a View Source activity.
• Add a Clear Data submenu to the options menu.
• Fix the Add to Home Screen option to be compatible with Android Oreo.
• Fix color formatting in the URL text box.
• Clarify language in the privacy policy.
• Bump target API to 27 (Android Oreo, 8.1.0).
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Partial Russian translation.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.7.2 (version code 29)

22 November 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 26

• Add an options menu item to create/edit domain settings for the current domain.
• Open telephone number hyperlinks in the dialer.
• Fix a build error that prevented the release of 2.7 and 2.7.1 on F-Droid.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.7.1 (version code 28)

9 November 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 26

• Fix a crash when editing a bookmark in the new bookmarks drawer.

2.7 (version code 27)

7 November 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 26

• Add a bookmarks drawer that is accessed by sliding from the right.
• Prevent Night Mode from flashing a white background when loading new pages.
• Update the user agents.
• Bump target API to 26 (Android Oreo, 8.0.0).
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.6 (version code 26)

18 September 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Add night mode rendering.
• Update the dark theme rendering of the About and Guide sections.
• Add support for HTTP authentication.
• Color code the Common Name in the view SSL certificate dialog.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.5 (version code 25)

26 August 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Add SSL certificate pinning to domain settings.
• Add searx.me to the list of search engines.
• Update the default homepage to work with both JavaScript enabled or disabled.
• Fix a bug that caused the website title to be lost on rotate.
• Ghost the “Clear DOM Storage” options menu item if there is nothing to delete.
• Use non-bolded red text to indicate unencrypted websites.
• Fix a bug that sometimes caused custom domain user agents to fail.
• Fix a bug that caused website modifications (like the sorting of a list) to be lost if Privacy Browser was moved to the background.
• Many small improvements were made to the Domains activity.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.4 (version code 24)

23 June 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Add a dark theme option.
• Highlight the http:// in red if a domain is not encrypted.
• Highlight the domain in the URL text box.
• Add settings to control what happens on Clear and Exit.
• Change the default homepage to https://start.duckduckgo.com.
• Add an undo action to the snackbar when cookies, DOM storage, or form data are cleared from the options menu.
• Fix a bug that caused pending changes to be lost on restart.
• Fix a bug with the spinner layout on some Huawei devices.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.3 (version code 23)

26 May 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Don’t include URL redirects in the WebView history.
• Add the option to disable loading of images to conserve bandwidth.
• Fix the layout of some web pages by using a wide viewport.
• Allow loading of host only URLs.
• Add icons to the settings screen.
• Add the title to the URL when sharing through the options menu.
• Disable the third-party cookies setting on KitKat because it only works on Lollipop or newer.
• Move Refresh to the bottom of the options menu.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.2 (version code 22)

27 April 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Create an Incognito Mode, which deletes the cache and history after each website loads.
• Combine the JavaScript-enabled and JavaScript-disabled search options into one entry.
• Display the erroneous sections of an SSL certificate error in red.
• Delete the entire private cache folder on Clear and Exit.
• Add a 25% font zoom option.
• Fix a bug with Orbot if the homepage is blank.
• Remove Torch from the list of recommended Tor search engines because it doesn’t support HTTPS.
• Fix a display corruption if the Find on Page bar is displayed when Privacy Browser is resumed.
• Display the Orbot version and APK package signature in About → Version.
• Update the privacy policy to version 1.4.
• Update the list of ad servers from pgl.yoyo.org.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.1 (version code 21)

25 March 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Fix a crash on load introduced in version 2.0.1 if the homepage is set to be blank.
• Fix a bug that prevented websites with a localhost domain from loading.
• Fix a bug that prevented URLs with special characters from loading from the URL box.
• Reset the favorite icon and website title before loading a new domain.
• Automatically select all text in the URL box when the user taps on it.
• Reorder the main options menu items by popularity.
• Reapply domain settings after closing Settings or Domains.
• Round the corners of the custom domain settings highlight.
• Move the progress bar to the bottom of the app bar.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.0.1 (version code 20)

21 March 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Only load domain settings when the domain changes.
• Only apply domain settings to subdomains if *. is specified at the beginning of the domain name.
• Reload domain settings when navigating with the back button.
• Autopopulate the create bookmark and create shortcut dialogs.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

2.0 (version code 19)

16 March 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Implement custom domain settings.
• When proxying through Tor, wait until Orbot is ready before attempting to load a page.
• Use .onion search engines when proxying through Tor.
• Updated Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

1.15 (version code 18)

11 February 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Delete the secret, undocumented WebView cache on Clear and Exit.
• Automatically start Orbot when proxying through Orbot is enabled.
• Localize the dates on the SSL certificate dialogs.
• Enable downloading of files from websites that require a login. Code contributed by Hendrik Knackstedt.
• Fix a crash when attempting to download a file that does not have an HTTP or HTTPS URI.
• Initial Italian translation provided by Francesco Buratti.
• Updated Spanish translation provided by Jose A. León.

1.14.1 (version code 17)

4 January 2017 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Fix a bug that caused Privacy Browser to crash on some websites when ad blocking was enabled.

1.14 (version code 16)

26 December 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 25

• Implement ad blocking.
• Change the default user agent to PrivacyBrowser/1.0 for real this time.
• Change the default for Do Not Track to be false.
• Add the option to enable full screen browsing mode and set it to false by default.
• Fix a bug that sometimes caused the navigation bar to turn gray in full screen mode when switching between apps.
• Bump target API to 25.
• Updated partial Spanish Translation.

1.13 (version code 15)

28 November 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 24

• Double-tap for full screen browsing mode.
• Change the default user agent to PrivacyBrowser/1.0.
• Add a clear history button.
• Add Copy URL to the URL context menu.
• Make the back button navigate to the parent folder in the bookmarks activity.
• Update privacy policy to version 1.3.
• Partial Spanish translation.
• Updated German translation provided by Aaron Gerlach.

1.12 (version code 14)

9 November 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 24

• Add a forward and back history list.
• Long press now displays target URLs and the option to view or download pictures.
• Added Find on Page.
• Completely remove Privacy Browser from RAM on "Clear and Exit".
• Fix a crash when displaying an SSL Certificate error in Android KitKat and Lollipop.
• Fix a crash on some file downloads caused by a failure to parse the Content-Disposition header correctly.
• Updated German translation provided by Aaron Gerlach.

1.11 (version code 13)

22 October 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 24

• Bump target API to 24, which enables multi-window support on Nougat.
• Fix a bug introduced in version 1.10 that consumed massive amounts of CPU for no good reason.
• Add printing support.
• Fix file downloading on KitKat and Lollipop.
• Updated German translation provided by Aaron Gerlach.

1.10 (version code 12)

15 September 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 23

• Add Tor Orbot proxy support.
• Add Do Not Track support.
• Add a download dialog that allows users to modify the file name before the download begins.
• Add optional additional action buttons for cookies, DOM storage, and saved forms.
• Update user agents and add Safari on iOS and OS X.
• Add StartPage and Qwant to the list of search engines.
• Updated German translation provided by Aaron Gerlach.

1.9.1 (version code 11)

27 August 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 23

• Changed asset image links to relative paths so Privacy Browser will build on F-Droid.

1.9 (version code 10)

26 August 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 23

• German translation provided by Aaron Gerlach.
• Add the ability to view SSL certificate details and SSL error messages. This allows Privacy Browser to load web pages with self-signed certificates.
• Add font size controls.
• Handle "mailto:" links on websites.
• Fix a crash when creating or editing a bookmark with no favorite icon.
• Fix a bug that sometimes disabled the navigation drawer after exiting a full screen video.
• Send a null value for the "X-Requested-With" header on initial page load.

1.8 (version code 9)

16 July 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 23

• Add a bookmarks interface.
• Add basic controls for form data.
• Fix a bug that prevented editing the custom user agent.
• Fix a bug that prevented URLs from loading if there are whitespaces at the beginning or end.

1.7 (version code 8)

16 June 2016 - minimum API 19, target API 23

• Create an About activity with a TabView.
• Create a Guide activity with a TabView.
• Bump the minimum API from 15 to 19 due to security concerns regarding older versions of WebView.

1.6 (version code 7)

11 May 2016 - minimum API 15, target API 23

• Add a setting to customize the search URLs.
• Add a setting to customize the browser’s user agent.

1.5 (version code 6)

5 May 2016 - minimum API 15, target API 23

• Add the option to disable swipe to refresh so that certain websites, like Google Maps, will function correctly.

1.4 (version code 5)

28 April 2016 - minimum API 15, target API 23

• Add controls for third-party cookies.
• Fix full screen video playback.

1.3 (version code 4)

7 April 2016 - minimum API 15, target API 23

• Create a navigation drawer.

1.2 (version code 3)

23 March 2016 - minimum API 15, target API 23

• Update launcher icon to make it bigger.
• Replace all toast messages with snackbars.
• Don't update the URL box if the user is typing in it.
• Bump the minimum API from 10 to 15. Privacy Browser was crashing on load in API 10.

1.1 (version code 2)

9 March 2016 - minimum API 10, target API 23

• Separate the standard and the free flavors so that Privacy Browser builds correctly on F-Droid.

1.0 (version code 1)

24 February 2016 - minimum API 10, target API 23

• Toggle JavaScript, DOM storage, and cookies.
• Set default enabled status for JavaScript, DOM storage, and cookies.
• Clear DOM storage and cookies.
• Add shortcuts to the home screen.
• Utilize download manager.
• Navigate forward and back.
• Cut, copy, paste URLs.
• Share URLs.
• Set homepage.
• Scroll URL bar.
• Maintain WebView scroll location when rotating screen.
• Swipe to refresh WebView.
• Play full screen videos (requires JavaScript to be enabled).
• Clear and Exit menu item.