yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
you can export them from takeout.google.com and import them in kiwi.

arnaud is working on sync it's in development

https://github.com/kiwibrowser/sync
[Android Apps and Games] apandey402:
Recently tried your browser, one thing i found

When i turn on night mode and switch from any other tab to new tab, glitches appears.

PS:

Huwaei honor 6x , android 6.0
[Android Apps and Games] gdgsdg123:
Precisely, it's set for per domain.

For your need, perhaps you'll have to disable it from: "Settings" -> "Site settings" -> "Ads"; each time you wish to do so...
[Android Apps and Games] Renz1er:
just noticed, thanks for the info. really appreciate it.
[Android Apps and Games] user2837:
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[/COLOR]Can I somehow get rid of the default NTP website icons using flags or command line switches?

And would it be possible to re-enable the #save-page-as-mhtml flag?
[Android Apps and Games] BADA 187:
still my favorite browser! but started to have some issues with some website's lately.

im not able to enter these website because lf the "cookie" request

https://tweakers.net

https://www.t-mobile.nl

those 2 are the only one i can remember atm. will post others if i find them again.

thanks you for the awesome work! :svetius:
[Android Apps and Games] joakimbo:
Are you planning to add 90hz refresh rate support?
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
check this

https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/bvihgq/oneplus_7_pro_changes_to_60hz_when_using_another/
[Android Apps and Games] MythP:
Now its a best chromium-based browser! Big thanks!! But some things i dont like. NTP icons is too large, and there is strange behavior with downloading favicons. Sometimes they are wrong or not correct, or they are ugly. I think stock chromium favicons downloading procedure is more correct. Is there any way to change favicons manually and make it smaller? Also i missing for chromium stock material dark theme. Amoled black is too contrast. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] fzoli990:
My only main expectation from Kiwi is to somehow reduce its battery usage. It blocks most of the ads and trackers, minimaze the data, but for some reason it consumes more power even than Chrome. Of course I use it a lot but I don't think it should consume as much power as it does.

I tried to change the settings (disabled background data, close all tabs when quit, not to use extensions, etc) but it is still an issue for me.
[Android Apps and Games] Beatz106:
A question, why on Google Play is used in the images of the application Chrome and not Kiwi? A sample of this is that the initial screen of the incognito mode, and another example, that in the menu does not exist the option "Extensions". And the Start page is very different between browsers
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
that's how kiwi looked like a year ago, screenshots should be updated.
[Android Apps and Games] Peter770:
Is there a way to make Kiwi browser wrap the text when zooming in?
[Android Apps and Games] alessio89g:
I can't add website shortcuts to my home screen with latest stable (Play Store) build :(
[Android Apps and Games] djcsurf:
User error, please delete
[Android Apps and Games] alessio89g:
My bad, I just needed to wait more time than I did…
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
I find that sometimes after using incognito view for youtube or some image-heavy sites like flickr checking my albums out if I switch apps or press home the notification stays in the notification bar but upon returning to Kiwi incognito it discards all tabs and opens losing all incognito tabs. This isn't selecting the notification to close all tabs
[Android Apps and Games] Lynjun002:
Aw so its impossible to have chrome sync?
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Great work on Kiwi Browser. It's so much smoother than Chrome even on my Pixel 3. ?

I noticed that emojis are not being rendered if they're in HTML headers (h1-h6) or bold or other formatting tags. I went to w3schools to confirm. As you can see they're not showing. This is big because there are websites and forums that have emojis in headers and they're invisible.

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_headers

I have tested in Chrome and the emojis are showing. I hope you can fix this soon. Thank you and keep up the amazing work. ?

Pixel 3 XL, Android 9.0 non-rooted
[Android Apps and Games] Commando_Dhruva:
Not working in Kiwi browser
[Android Apps and Games] :
It seems to work here...
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Interesting... Can you guys share what Android version you are running and what phone? :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] gdgsdg123:
My guess is font issue... (different font on different device, different font with different Unicode support)
[Android Apps and Games] :
Phone in sig, Android 9.0
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
try this site https://emojikeyboard.top, I agree with [MENTION=8712251]gdgsdg123[/MENTION] , I suppose we need to upgrade the font.

But when changing the headers emojis disappeared
[Android Apps and Games] Ascii3:
I would request that downloads of files retain the remote file's file date (modification timestamp). Currently, downloads are saved and the current time is applied to the local saved file rather than the timestamp of the remote file.

As of Android Oreo 8.0, the general retention of correct timestamp Android bug should be corrected. My source for this is:
[Android Apps and Games] zilexa:
Gosh I really don't like this browser anymore since the last version.

The developer clearly doesn't take the feedback regarding cookie consent blocking serious and is completely ignoring users that have reported issues here in the past.

With earlier versions, I could completely disable the ad blocker via Settings.

Not that I wanted to disable the adblocker, but it was the only way to disable the cookies consent blocker, which is necessary since for most websites Kiwi actually blocks the consent question, instead of accepting it, making it impossible to view the site.

Now, even with the adblocker disabled completely for all sites, the consent blocker is still active. Example: https://tweakers.net

I was a big fan, recommended Kiwi to everyone, installed it on many devices of my family. I started using Kiwi by default but now that I cannot access lots of websites, it's become completely useless (again!) and I have to switch back to Firefox.

I don't understand why the developer must be so ignorant. Multiple times in the past I asked for a simple switch somewhere in settings to disable his consent blocker. The only reaction I got was that he will update the filters. Dude. Clearly you do not understand the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Mh that's not normal.

Lot of people have issues with the cookie consent screens (they are actually the majority of the filter issues).

I thought the last update solved it (I completely changed the way it worked) and rarely got any complaint.

I'll push a version in a couple of days with much relaxed settings (including the filters that seem not to be possible to disable). It's already on Discord if you use the dev version.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
The main power consumption comes from the video autoplaying / keeping tabs alive in the background
[Android Apps and Games] zilexa:
But what if I want to accept functional and analytical cookies, disable personalised targeting? What if I want control over the consent?

Or what if I just want to disable the blocker so that I won't run into false positives?

There are so many different consent managers and they are constantly changing, as required since authorities have only just started checking if they are valid. What you are doing is simply never going to be completely free of false positives.

Why do you not want users to be able to disable the consent blocker?

I would like to test it sometimes but definitely not enabled by default.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I agree,

This is the direction the project is going.

Originally, there was no extension, so it was absolutely needed to have a strong adblock/filter/etc. The user had no choice, so it was better to have a strong tool than no tool.

Now, the user has choice and freedom and since the user can install any extension, the goal is to remove the cookie-consent system(s) completely or disable it fully by default.

And of course make sure the checkbox works.

In practice, I try not to introduce too dramatic changes.

Otherwise, imagine, one day you have no distractions, and the next day you have 25 popups/windows/cookie consent.

I think it's one of the last version that a cookie-consent blocker out of the box.

After that, I'm quite sure it'll be off / unnoticeable (unless there are lot of complaints to put it back, but I don't think so).
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
(in practice should be even this upcoming release already)
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
Rounded corners for tabs view

In Samsung Internet, I noticed in the tabs-view that the tabs have rounded corners, which makes it easier to identify one tab from the other. I hope you like the idea and implement it. (I was going through the other browsers to close all their tabs. Kiwi is my primary browser.) Thanks for your work on Kiwi.

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My two cents. Regarding all the cookie ad blocking and consent and whatever, that's the job of extensions. A browser dev should make his life easier by focusing on making the best plain vanilla web browser. You can recommend extensions, and recommend certian settings, but leave it to the users to customize. Perhaps you could have an official kiwi extension pack?
[Android Apps and Games] KernelCorn:
So I updated to the latest version last night. Now I can't listen to music on YouTube with the display turned off anymore. I'm trying to avoid the YouTube app and prefer this browser.

Is this something you can fix? No settings have changed on my end.
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
KernelCorn, Google banned Kiwi from the play store for this feature. Read back in the thread if you want to know the details. I found an extension to overcome lack of YouTube playing in background.
[Android Apps and Games] Tomatot-:
I can access this website without any issue with latest stable kiwi, no built-in adblock and uBlock origin.
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
I can access tweakers.net as well. Kiwi version 74.0.3729.136 on Oreo 8.1.0, cookies including 3rd party allowed, built in ad blocker disabled, system-wide Blokada running. Youtube background playback 1.4.3 (ID = pkgmiccigkejhacgemfhhphagjbnpcnh).

Is there a way to keep the URL bar from hiding?
[Android Apps and Games] KernelCorn:
Edit:

Never mind....luckily I make backup APK's.

It's working fine again.
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
I would like to join the choir requesting a button to turn off the built-in adblock for all sites, not just individual domains. It's running into conflicts with Kiwi extensions that do adblock. ?
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
Settings -> Site Settings -> Ads -> "Block ads from sites that tend to show intrusive ads" -> OFF

Doesn't that do what you're asking for?

Wait... if you switch to ON, then it says Ads allowed. That's a really confusing setting option.
[Android Apps and Games] Depressed T.Bear:
Jesus, sometimes I can't understand people here.

It must be very hard to search the thread for already given answers, and blaming Arnaud for ignoring feedback and beeing passive is just %!#&€!?@!!!

Arnaud is trying to give us all a feature rich, smooth browser which fits most of our needs. Sure, here and there are bugs sometimes.

But he's actively replying and trying to help everyone here. That's nothing common!

So just very quick: If you're having problems with cookies / ads, tweak the settings. If it doesn't fit your needs, install proper extensions. If that also doesn't work, consider using AdGuard (especially for non-rooted devices - it's awesome).

If you want to have YouTube playback in the background, simply use YouTube Vanced (free mod of the YouTube app, for root and non-rooted devices). It has dark mode, adblocking, background playback and and and....

There's a solution for everything. Kiwi is a nice browser, but not a Swiss knife which solves all your issues. Arnaud gives us good support here, always stays polite and pushes updates regularly.

Most important, it's free for all of us. There're no paid features or whatsoever, so we should be thankful to have it.

/sorry I had to let it out
[Android Apps and Games] :
Exactly my thoughts mate. People are sometimes so ignorant that its not funny.

People make use of the search feature before asking or suggesting something. It might have been reported or suggested already.

Telling the dev that he does not take feedback, Do you know how much he is commited to the browser? For the record, Arnaud is developing Kiwi full-time(He doesnt even ask for donations) and all that is for you guys... Not him.

You must check out the discord server where he is almost always in touch with us Kiwi fans and users. He releases so much builds in a day it literally takes 100mbs to download(Not Kidding). He asks how we like a feature before its implementation and asks how it is after the implementation...
[Android Apps and Games] Guilhermex12:
Hell yeah, you're so right man, Kiwi is just a ****ing awesome browser, i've been using it since last year, the Dev is very present, listen to our feedbacks and is always giving new updates to improve it, people should be grateful for having such a nice dev with an nice app...

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It's not just political drama for an app, It's just a matter of respect for his work, he works hard on it and the App is free for everyone, sometimes people do not pay attention to these simple things.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Everybody has their opinions on any matter and i had some opinion i wanted to share. I did so...

There is nothing political about it, If you wanna support and keep using the browser do it. If you dont want to, Then don't. Nobody is forcing you here.

The dev also has also put up the discord server's link in the at the top of the first page of this thread. He also has put up an email address in the playstore app listing. There's 3 ways of contacting him right now. People can choose however they want to contact him.
[Android Apps and Games] Soumy1234:
Would you mind sharing (or at least PM me) this extension?
[Android Apps and Games] Akash Raj1:
See page no 235
[Android Apps and Games] sinchan_nohara:
As soon as i minimise the browser it kills the video playback. It dont even wait 2or 3 sec as soon as yiu minimise it just kills it.

Its very annoying am sure its not a rom issue because i have tried this with many roms
[Android Apps and Games] thanhnvt194:
If you use Youtube , that's normal
[Android Apps and Games] sinchan_nohara:
No i dont use YouTube on kiwi i have youtube premium i am taking about other sites like kissasian.sh after minimising it just kills the whole page and roload the whole page
[Android Apps and Games] KernelCorn:
I don't come here often anymore. I use the XDA app and completely forgot about the "search thread" feature.

No need to call me out since I simply uninstalled the updated version, reinstalled a previous version...

AND UPDATED MY POST TO REFLECT THAT!

What I don't understand is why people waste time talking about other forum members. It's a waste of server space just like this stupid reply.

/sorry I had to let it out too!
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
Probably related to the solution to prevent the extensions from being stopped, that issue is more common on xiaomi devices. In my device it's working fine, you should post your device and OS version.
[Android Apps and Games] sinchan_nohara:
Moto G5 plus

Android 9.0 omni rom

No root/Magisk

Latest Kiwi browser

No extension

No change in flags
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=6520627]sinchan_nohara[/MENTION] try to disable saving power for kiwi browser
[Android Apps and Games] dene18:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION], thanks to million.

great app,
[Android Apps and Games] zilexa:
Did you try that in an incognito tab? Because you might already have accepted their policy on a different website (same publisher).
[Android Apps and Games] bejunk:
Small bugs

Hello, i want to report 2 small bugs:

1. When you mark some text there is a little pop-up and you can press the 3-dot to show more options, but many times the animation is broken (it works here in the xda text field, but has no animation on sites like arstechnica or others) It still works on chrome.

2. When using the black diamond theme, i have no loading bar. It seems it's also colored black.

Anyway thank you for the browser its absolutely the best. Since switching from chrome, i never looked back :)

Pixel 3a/Q beta 4/no root or modifications

peace
[Android Apps and Games] Camack:
Is there a way to change the tabs to rounded shape?
[Android Apps and Games] Richard_10:
The question stands
[Android Apps and Games] Akash Raj1:
Well, this could be helpful for you. You can have 90hz mode for all apps.

https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro-true-90hz-display-mode/
[Android Apps and Games] :
There is no way as of now. Once the dev updates the UI, You will get rounded tabs on tablets.
[Android Apps and Games] Richard_10:
Yes I did follow the info. But with respect that is not question.

What we would like to know, is if it's possible to sometime include the 90hz compatibility; like chrome for instance.

Nb: 90hz for all apps is not battery friendly (bBut a browser is a must. It is literally a deal breaker)
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Custom homepage address is working for anyone in kiwi... e.g. google com or anything else

And Google sign in working for savings bookmarks?
[Android Apps and Games] Beatz106:
Any way to get the extensions working on Incognito mode???
[Android Apps and Games] xlollomanx:
U have to enable option to make them working in incognito mode. Go in chrome://extension then select details and enable the switch. Do this for every extension U want working in incognito mode.

Sent from my Zenphone Max Pro M1
[Android Apps and Games] Soumy1234:
I've been using kiwi for sometime and installed it on my tablet. However, the bottom navigation bar and the hand settings are missing. Is there a way around this? Also, night mode keeps turning off.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Tablets do not have the setting for enabling bottom toolbar.

Night mode isn't optimised yet for Tablets.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=8489742]Soumy1234[/MENTION] but you can set black diamond theme, and use an extension for night mode
[Android Apps and Games] Soumy1234:
Yep, I got that. I'm using dark reader and I think I like it better then the default night mode XD

Now all that's left is the bottom toolbar.

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Dang, I guess I'll have to wait for an update, then.
[Android Apps and Games] Jamesalper:
Hello, A good browser is the only site translation option, if the translation of similar site to last version Google Chrome was great.
[Android Apps and Games] gdgsdg123:
[?] [Bug Report]

The browser seems to be cleaning all browsing histories older than 3 months... even with

#clear-old-browsing-data

set to "Disabled".
[Android Apps and Games] jychung93:
Hi, just a quick question... how to make the address bar persistent? I dont want it autohide when scrolling. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] ghost0211:
Anyway to launch links in que like Firefox?
[Android Apps and Games] ghost0211:
Anyway to get a tab queue like Firefox?
[Android Apps and Games] gdgsdg123:
Or just vitst the youtube with desktop UA ("Desktop site")... Background playing fully working.

Or just use utilities like `youtube-dl` downloading the media to local and view it with some more appropriate player.
[Android Apps and Games] deilativ:
Will Kiwi 'support' System WebView and Google sign in to sync bookmarks, passwords and autofill in the nearest future? That would be really really really awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hi,

SystemWebview probably not, but it's not impossible.

It's just that it's a deep component, and I'd rather not have to deal with the browser breaking actual Android ROMs

Sync yes, next month ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Sajito:
Hi [MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION], I know this question has been asked a few times here, but I haven't seen any response on that matter from you.

Some extensions don't work in incognito mode. Do you know about that issue and will it be fixed? I'm not asking for any ETA, just want to know if you're working on it.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Yes, will be fixed relatively soon
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
How do I disable the new app animations? There's no need for them and they make it look jumpy.

Also, is it supposed to block Google ads at the top of searches as I'm now seeing them
[Android Apps and Games] rafaelcxda:
How do I translate directly into my language? Because he is always translating in English first.
[Android Apps and Games] alagga:
Is this still on the todo-list? :)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
You can use Nano Adblocker to be able to configure with precision what you want to block
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hi :highfive:

A new version of Kiwi Browser is available on XDA Labs and Github:

Version Genie (June 28, 2019)

This version supports text rewrap / reflow (adapt text based on zoom level).

+ Interface and animations are really improved

+ Better performance (new GPU driver and 64-bits engine is now in stable!)

New settings:

+ Google Translate, Yandex and Baidu (Settings, Translator)

+ Possibility to add exceptions / whitelist in content filter

+ Support for external download managers

+ Show extensions first

+ Protect incognito windows

Remember to activate Hide annoying ads in the main menu if you want faster browsing.

Before installing a 64-bits build, make sure your device is compatible 64-bits, otherwise the browser will not be able to start and it may be very difficult to downgrade without reinstalling

https://github.com/kiwibrowser/android/releases/tag/20190628

https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.kiwibrowser.browser

Have fun!

Arnaud. :D
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
The settings-ads ui could do with looking at, for me it's back to front. If ad blocking is enabled the toggle should be 'on'/blue.

I understand that it's 'ads - on or off' but the feature is 'ad blocking' so I feel on/blocking should indicate with on/blue.

A way to clear the exclusion list in one go would be useful too.

And lose the animations if possible!
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Yes it's a bit obscure now (but a bit less than before), since it's actually the UI that I was digging from Chrome, and backported to Kiwi, and moved higher in the Main Settings.

I'll probably rename Ad blocking to Tracking protection like Firefox, something like that :D

or Shields, it depends

Noted for the animations
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
I'd keep the naming accurate - if it's ad blocking leave it as that, maybe seperate the tracking out a la Brave?
[Android Apps and Games] Dj Kavas:
Thank You Dev. for this Update...

...............

New settings:

+ Google Translate, Yandex and Baidu (Settings, Translator)

+ Possibility to add exceptions / whitelist in content filter

+ Support for external download managers - :good: I Love This Feature...

+ Show extensions first

+ Protect incognito windows

..............