This update includes the following changes:
1. Upgraded internal components used for rendering web pages (no user interface changes).
2. Resolved issue with News not getting displayed on homepage.
3. Resolved issue with Web Store not accepting to install extensions.
4. Added recommendations / best practices when installing extensions for the first time.
Enjoy!
This update includes the following changes:
1. Upgraded internal components used for rendering web pages (no user interface changes).
2. Resolved issue with News not getting displayed on homepage.
3. Resolved issue with Web Store not accepting to install extensions.
4. Added recommendations / best practices when installing extensions for the first time.
Enjoy!
This update includes the following changes:
1. Resolved issue with News not getting displayed on homepage.
2. Stability improvements.
Enjoy!
This update includes the following changes:
1. Upgraded V8 JavaScript engine (extracted the engine from the very latest Chromium 121).
2. Upgraded BoringSSL (handling of SSL certificates and encrypted web communication).
3. Other performance improvements.
Enjoy!
This update includes the following changes:
1. Upgraded V8 JavaScript engine (extracted the engine from the very latest Chromium 121).
2. Upgraded BoringSSL (handling of SSL certificates and encrypted web communication).
3. Other performance improvements.
Enjoy!
This update includes the following changes:
1. Added support for the beta version of the Extensions Web Store (resolving "Please use a computer to install extensions").
2. Addressed the problem with news articles not getting shown on the classical new tab page and other display issues with Google News.
3. Updated dependencies inside the engine of the browser (for example, to display videos, the browser is using external tools like AV1, and it is good practice to keep them up-to-date).
Enjoy!
Updated Chromium engine to the latest extended support version of Chromium.
This version of Kiwi contains all the latest Chromium security improvements, including CVE-2023-5129.
This issue (known as WebP) is not specific to Chromium, and affects nearly all applications that can display an image on Android or on a computer so updating all your applications is strongly recommended.
Updated Chromium to v116.0.5845.68.
Enhanced:
- Faster tab rendering and initialization.
Changed:
- Removed the search window when holding text.
- Translator stays quiet by default (Settings > Languages).
Added:
- New tab button in Desktop mode once all tabs have been closed.
Fixed:
- Extensions manual update button.
- Extensions loaded from zip getting disabled/cleared.
- Incognito and background-loaded tabs not being restored.
- AMP pages not getting redirected.
Enjoy!
Updated Chromium to v116.0.5845.68.
Enhanced:
- Faster tab rendering and initialization.
Changed:
- Removed the search window when holding text.
- Translator stays quiet by default (Settings > Languages).
Added:
- New tab button in Desktop mode once all tabs have been closed.
Fixed:
- Extensions manual update button.
- Extensions loaded from zip getting disabled/cleared.
- Incognito and background-loaded tabs not being restored.
- AMP pages not getting redirected.
Enjoy!
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab Switcher), with support for Multi-Window.
- Enhanced adblocker.
- Customizable toolbar shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Can now edit search keywords directly.
- Can again long-press on tab switcher button to open a new tab (optional)
- Close all tabs.
- Screenshots in Incognito mode.
- Can activate bottom toolbar on tablets.
- Better support for older Mali GPUs.
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab Switcher), with support for Multi-Window.
- Enhanced adblocker.
- Customizable toolbar shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Can now edit search keywords directly.
- Can again long-press on tab switcher button to open a new tab (optional)
- Close all tabs.
- Screenshots in Incognito mode.
- Can activate bottom toolbar on tablets.
- Better support for older Mali GPUs.
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab Switcher), with support for Multi-Window.
- Enhanced adblocker.
- Customizable toolbar shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Can now edit search keywords directly.
- Can again long-press on tab switcher button to open a new tab (optional)
- Close all tabs.
- Screenshots in Incognito mode.
- Can activate bottom toolbar on tablets.
- Better support for older Mali GPUs.
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab Switcher), with support for Multi-Window.
- Enhanced adblocker.
- Customizable toolbar shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Can now edit search keywords directly.
- Can again long-press on tab switcher button to open a new tab (optional)
- Close all tabs.
- Screenshots in Incognito mode.
- Can activate bottom toolbar on tablets.
- Better support for older Mali GPUs.
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab switcher), including support for Multi-Window for effortless multitasking.
- Enhanced adblocker for interruption-free browsing.
- Improved night mode and material theme support.
- Customizable shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Major fixes to bottom bar & tab groups for smoother navigation.
- Numerous bug fixes for a seamless browsing experience.
Soon more!
Enjoy!
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab switcher), including support for Multi-Window for effortless multitasking.
- Enhanced adblocker for interruption-free browsing.
- Improved night mode and material theme support.
- Customizable shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Major fixes to bottom bar & tab groups for smoother navigation.
- Numerous bug fixes for a seamless browsing experience.
Soon more!
Enjoy!
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab switcher), including support for Multi-Window for effortless multitasking.
- Enhanced adblocker for interruption-free browsing.
- Improved night mode and material theme support.
- Customizable shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Major fixes to bottom bar & tab groups for smoother navigation.
- Numerous bug fixes for a seamless browsing experience.
Soon more!
Enjoy!
Unveiling our new Kiwi Browser:
- Based on Chromium 116.
- New UI inspired by desktop interfaces (in Settings/Tab switcher), including support for Multi-Window for effortless multitasking.
- Enhanced adblocker for interruption-free browsing.
- Improved night mode and material theme support.
- Customizable shortcuts for a personalized browsing experience.
- Major fixes to bottom bar & tab groups for smoother navigation.
- Numerous bug fixes for a seamless browsing experience.
Soon more!
Enjoy!
This release (18th of April) contains a fix for an issue (affecting mostly Redmi and Poco devices) when switching tabs.
In the upcoming days, I'll make sure to review the performance / crash statistics and adjust accordingly to make sure that the browser stays fast.
Welcome to this new release of Kiwi Browser running Chromium version 112.0.5615.133.
This version includes performance optimisations, night mode and extensions fixes.
It also includes the latest Chromium security updates.
Enjoy!
Welcome to this new release of Kiwi Browser running Chromium version 112.0.5615.132.
This version includes performance optimisations, night mode and extensions fixes.
It also includes the latest Chromium security updates.
Enjoy!
Welcome to this new release of Kiwi Browser running Chromium version 112.0.5615.132.
This version includes performance optimisations, night mode and extensions fixes.
It also includes the latest Chromium security updates.
Enjoy!
Welcome to this new release of Kiwi Browser running the very best Chromium version 111.0.5563.104.
This version includes performance optimisations as well.
Enjoy!
- Updated Chromium to 107.0.5304.66.
- Android 12: Resolved an issue affecting some users who saw "Aw, snap" or partial content (HTML code instead of the web page).
- Resolved an issue with developer tools making the browser unresponsive once the tools are opened.
- Removed unused permissions.
- Updated Chromium to 107.0.5304.66.
- Resolved occasional issue with the tab names.
- Removed unused permissions.
- Testing new workarounds for Android 12.
We are rolling out this version step by step (Kiwi has about 4 million active users), as we are checking user feedback on the stability of this version (for us, this is extremely important). So it may take some time for the update to arrive on all your devices.
Thank you for your support!
Arnaud.
- Resolved the case where pressing the "Connect" button on a web page did not work, even if the extension was present.
- Updated Chromium to 105.0.5195.32 (includes all recent security fixes that were done in Chromium).
- Resolved cosmetic issues (especially in night mode & when using a dynamic theme such as Material You).
This version significantly improves stability and performance as well.
In particular, the browser should be more smooth and responsive when scrolling through web pages.
Enjoy!
- Updated Chromium to 101.0.4951.40.
- Fixed "clear" button in address bar (phone).
- Fixed missing icon (tablet).
- Improved stability.
- Ads can now completely be disabled on the homepage (use the cog icon).
You have the choice; if you keep ads, you are helping our small team and it opens new possibilities to make Kiwi better.
- Workaround for a Cloudflare bug (marketplace).
- Extended compatibility to more extensions (store saying "Not compatible").
- Updated download notifications.
- Updated Chromium to 101.0.4951.28.
- Fixed issue with translation tool.
- Fixed missing icon in tablet mode.
- Improved stability & animations.
- Ads can now completely be disabled on the homepage (use the cog icon).
You have the choice; if you keep ads, you are helping our small team and it opens new possibilities to make Kiwi better.
- Workaround for a Cloudflare bug (marketplace).
- Extended compatibility to more extensions (store saying "Not compatible").
- Updated download notifications.
- Updated Chromium engine to 101.0.4951.13.
- Added a solution to go around a Cloudflare bug where sometimes Cloudflare makes the user wait forever on a website for no reasons (ex: marketplace).
- Extended compatibility to more extensions (resolves the case of extensions saying "Not compatible" during the installation stage).
- Updated download notifications.
Thank you for using Kiwi,
Stay awesome!
Enjoy,
- Updated Chromium engine to 99.0.4844.94 (including the latest Chromium security updates).
- Resolved Desktop mode on Facebook website.
- Significant improved performance when displaying web pages.
- Improved stability.
- Added presentation screen when the application is launched for the first time.
- Updated translations.
Thank you for using Kiwi,
Stay awesome!
Enjoy,
- Updated Chromium engine to Chromium 99.0.4844.66.
- Significant improved performance when displaying web pages.
- Improved stability.
- Added presentation screen when the application is launched for the first time.
- Updated translations.
- Improved experience on Facebook.
Thank you for using Kiwi,
Stay awesome!
Enjoy,
- Upgraded Chromium to version 98.0.4758.104.
- Updated new tab page.
- Improved stability.
- Improved performance when displaying web pages.
- Fixed the web pages that appear all white on some devices.
- Improved startup time & responsiveness of the user interface.
- Improved caching of tab switcher thumbnails.
- Clarified the message when viewing an extension page.
- Fixed incorrect background color when using night mode.
Thank you for using Kiwi,
Stay awesome!
Enjoy,
- Upgraded Chromium to version 98.0.4758.89.
- Improved performance when displaying web pages.
- Testing a solution for the web pages that appear all white on some devices.
- Improved startup time & responsiveness of the user interface.
- Improved caching of tab switcher thumbnails.
- Clarified the message when viewing an extension page.
- Fixed status bar color when switching tabs.
- Fixed incorrect canvas (background) color when using night mode.
Thank you for using Kiwi,
Stay awesome!
Enjoy,
- Upgraded Chromium engine to version 98.0.4758.60.
- Improved support for extensions in incognito mode.
- Improved performance.
- Improved autofill support.
- Improved "tabs.update/onCreated/onRemoved" and "system.storage" extensions API.
- Resolved empty space at the top of the screen on tablets.
- Developer Tools panels can now be resized (thanks Alexey Rodionov)
- Resolved issue with incorrectly positioned bottom toolbar menu on Android < 7.0.
Thank you for using Kiwi,
Stay awesome!
Main changes:
- Upgraded Chromium engine to version 98.0.4758.47.
- Resolved an issue where the main menu could be too small when the bottom toolbar was activated (affecting only specific devices).
- Improved stability.
- Significant performance improvements.
- Improved night mode.
Thanks a lot to all the people who have been supporting Kiwi for almost 4 years (and to Delphox for helping to test this release). We really appreciate the kind reviews and your support.
Stay awesome!
Enjoy.
Main changes:
- Upgraded Chromium engine to version 98.0.4758.29.
- Significant performance improvements.
- Improved night mode.
In addition, there are been a lot of fixes (for example, it's now possible to use the desktop edition of Facebook website), and more fixes coming soon.
Thanks a lot to all the people who have been supporting Kiwi for almost 4 years. We really appreciate the kind reviews and your support.
Stay awesome!
Enjoy.
Updated Chromium engine.
Integrated recent security updates from Chromium.
Improved integration with Axie Marketplace and Ronin Wallet.
Improved compatibility with extensions that open new windows.
Other minor improvements.
Kiwi is growing very fast (we are now over 3 million active users), if you like Kiwi, we would be very happy if you share it with your friends.
Thank you for using Kiwi.
Can now login to Marketplace using Ronin Wallet extension without being forced to install their app.
Updated Chromium engine.
Improved performance, speed and stability.
Improved on-device phishing protection.
Improved compatibility with external accessibility tools.
Improved homepage content.
Improved settings (also added experimental setting to improve appearance of extensions store).
Other minor improvements.
If you like Kiwi, we would be very happy if you share it.
Thank you for using Kiwi.
Upgraded Chromium version to 94.0.4606.56.
Improved performance, speed and stability.
Improved compatibility with MetaMask (now fits the whole screen).
Improved on-device phishing protection.
Resolved issue with external applications not detected on Android 11.
Resolved issue with bookmarks/history user interface (when bottom toolbar is enabled).
Resolved issue related to video playback.
If you like Kiwi, we would be very happy if you share it with your friends.
Thank you for using Kiwi.
- Updated Chromium engine to 93.0.4577.52.
- Improved night mode.
- Redesigned main menu.
We're preparing additional fixes and functionalities.
In the meantime, if you want to support Kiwi it'd be very great if you can share the app with your friends.
Enjoy the update!
- Updated core of the browser to Chromium 93.0.4577.39.
- Unlocked FB Messenger on certain devices
(if not available, you can also try directly on the Messenger website).
- Fixed issue on WhatsApp Web.
- Fixed comments on Disqus and certain pop-ups windows.
- Fixed some issues related to AMP on Reddit.
- Improved Edge Add-ons Store compatibility.
Big thanks to d3ward, Delphox and DUOLabs333
for their participation in this release.
- Very noticeable performance improvement on some devices.
- Changed application icon to be adaptive (follow the shape around).
- Resolved issue with screen readers (notably TalkBack).
- You can now choose if you want the address bar to be empty or not when you click on it (Settings -> Accessibility).
- "Enable external applications" setting has been adjusted and renamed "Prefer native applications" for clarification (Settings -> Accessibility).
- Minor night mode tuning (still on-going!).
- Significantly improved performance.
- Polished tab switcher.
- Fixed touch not activating and window shifting off-screen when bottom bar is enabled.
- Improved "App is not responding".
- Added horizontal tab switcher (classic-style).
- Show simplified view setting now functional.
- Turned Android navigation bar to black in dark theme.
- Improved text scaling logic.
- Fixed double-bar in custom tabs.
More bottom bar fixes and night mode adjustments are coming in the short-term.
Enjoy!
This release fixes Google Play Store links not properly opening and automatically clear homepage tiles from cache when the images haven't been loaded for 7 days (to save disk space).
Have a good day!
Arnaud.
This is only a small release.
This version of Kiwi Browser has slightly improved startup time on certain slower devices (technically, the timeout while waiting for the browser partner customizations has been reduced).
Happy holidays and best wishes to you for this end of the year!
Arnaud.
This release adds support, on most devices but not all, for playback of Widevine protected content (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, etc) and fixes news articles on the homepage sometimes not loading.
This release also updates the layer that the browser uses to communicate with Android (Android Target SDK).
This release of Kiwi is still compatible until Android 4.1 as I try to keep it compatible even though it's a small number of users.
Enjoy!
Arnaud.
This release adds support, on most devices but not all, for playback of Widevine protected content (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, etc) and fixes news articles on the homepage sometimes not loading.
This release also updates the layer that the browser uses to communicate with Android (Android Target SDK).
This release of Kiwi is still compatible until Android 4.1 as I try to keep it compatible even though it's a small number of users.
Enjoy!
Arnaud.
This release resolves a security issue that exists in all Chromium-based browsers (including Kiwi Browser and Google Chrome) that is called CVE-2020-15999. This issue was disclosed by Google on 2020-10-21 so we are rolling an update so you can have the fix.
Have a good day,
Arnaud.
This version resolves an issue with the news on the homepage that could appear incorrectly and a minor issue with extensions compatibility. If you have any suggestion for Kiwi, please let me know, I'm reading every single comment (I don't reply everywhere as it's done one by one) and this is very helpful to shape the product.
If you have a lot of suggestions, you can also join the Discord community.
Have a great day and keep sharing Kiwi!
Arnaud.
This new version focuses on:
- (general) Improved two important stability issues (screen rotation, and GPU freezes)
- The feedback has been positive on this, but if you still have an issue, feel free to reach out and we can try other solutions together.
- (browsing) Fix related to Facebook Messenger web edition.
- (browsing) Fix for a minor issue related to Twitter windows not opening.
- (extensions) Added partial support for Opera experimental Desktop extensions.
This version improves stability when interacting with apps using accessibility services (e.g. Bitwarden) and a minor speedup.
From previous updates:
This version also fixes the "Aw! Snap" message in non-incognito and fixes the anti-AMP filter, or hcaptcha that you can find on many Cloudflare websites.
After updating, if you use Substratum or a custom theme you need to refresh the cache (in Substratum).
If you have any issue, try to clear the cache in Kiwi (it really helps!).
Enjoy Kiwi!
Update: This version fixes the "Aw! Snap" message in non-incognito.
Other changes include fixes for the anti-AMP filter, or with hcaptcha that you can find on many Cloudflare-powered websites.
I'm reading all the reviews here, and plan to make another update with additional fixes based on it.
After updating, if you use Substratum or a custom theme you need to refresh the cache (in Substratum) / clear the cache of the application (of Kiwi) otherwise you may see strange crashes.
Enjoy Kiwi!
This version improves stability and add 2 new functionalities, in Main Menu, Settings, Accessibility:
- Always Desktop.
Useful if you are a tablet user, and you prefer Desktop version of websites.
- Toolbar always on screen
If you have a large screen, and want to keep the address bar always handy without having to scroll.
The toolbar is always on by default if you have Accessibility services running. You can change that using this option.
Enjoy, and keep sharing Kiwi!
Arnaud.
This version resolves issue of extensions unloading.
On some devices (in particular Xiaomi), extensions may be unloaded by the system when the device wants to optimize memory.
During the optimization, the device (Android) chooses what processes to disable.
In this new release of Kiwi: Kiwi indicates to Android that if Android wants more memory, it should try to avoid disabling the current active tab and the extensions.
If the extensions are disabled by Android, Kiwi will try to reload them.
Kiwi Browser is made to browse the internet, read news, watch videos and listen to music, without annoyances.
Browse in peace.
Kiwi is based on Chromium and WebKit, the engine that powers the most popular browser in the world so you won't lose your habits.
We hope you'll love Kiwi as much as we do.
Note for power users and supporters: We have a Discord (chat) community where you can discuss development and share ideas: https://discordapp.com/invite/XyMppQq
Main Features:
★ Based on the very best Chromium
★ Incredible page load speed 🚀
Thanks to our very optimised rendering engine, we are able to display web pages super fast.
★ Super strong pop-ups blocker that really works
★ Supports many extensions
★ Unlock Facebook Web Messenger
Go to m.facebook.com and chat with your friends without having to install FB application.
More goodness:
★ Night mode with customizable contrast and grayscale mode.
100% contrast = pure AMOLED black (actually turns off pixels) - recommended!
101% contrast = pure AMOLED black + white text
★ Bottom address bar
★ Manage websites that appear on the homepage
Long-press to move or delete the tiles, click the [+] to add a new website.
★ Disable AMP (Settings, Privacy)
★ Block annoying notifications
★ Block slow and invasive trackers to protect your privacy.
★ Translation into 60 languages.
★ Import / Export bookmarks.
★ Custom Downloads folder
Choose where your downloaded files are stored.
Note: On certain Android versions, when you uninstall an app, Android also removes your downloads.
Keep it in mind if you manipulate Kiwi (to backup bookmarks file) or transfer to another device.
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Advanced users:
If you want to open links with an external application, you can long-press on the link, or change the default setting in Settings, Accessibility.
To add a new search engine, go to your favorite search engine, and do a couple of searches, and then go to Settings, Search Engine.
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Kiwi Browser is very new, and still in test. Please help us by sending a little e-mail if you see crashes, bugs or just want to say Hi 😊
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