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[Android Apps and Games] IamTheBRAVE:
There's a new update for kiwi browser in the playstore (based on chromium 93). Be careful, though. It is not compatible with app's data from the github version of kiwi.

I'm running BLISS OS 11.14 X86 for pc. After updating through playstore, app crashes on load. Uninstalled old github version, then reinstalled new version again. App works but videos only play audio. Restoring old data after install crashes the app again.

Old Github version is working well
[Android Apps and Games] Wotta:
Oh good grief. Yes, it's there, it works. I didn't notice it and they don't document it. Sheesh. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] esysfound:
Using the new build released early today (for what it's worth my rig is ancient Nexus 6 with Lineage0S 18.01/Android 11) - def. improvement in speed and usability. Kudos to the devs...

With incredible customization options, for me, this is the best Android browser out there....
[Android Apps and Games] ahahah:
I still haven't used the version from yesterday a lot, but what striked me at first was the improvement of speed on my old Huawei P8 Light (2015).

Transition from the 70 something version was smooth and so far, no data or settings seem to be lost.

Also I can confirm links that previously didn't work and I had to long press and select open in a new tab, are now ok.

I also had problems with keyboard not always pooping up and sometimes getting stuck, which are now gone.

Great job!
[Android Apps and Games] brokentwo:
Anyone else experiencing constant page reloading when switching between tabs?
[Android Apps and Games] rick_hunter:
2 bugs still in 93.0.4577.11​

#1 even i've checked the always desktop mode, it still keeps jumping back to mobile mode time by time

#2 i cant open any link in the bookmark, i have to long touch the link and choose to open it in new tab

or I have to switch to mobile mode and then i can open any link in bookmark ....

as long as i keep the 'Desktop mode by default' checked,issues above exist

there were no these bugs in any git2001915 version and before

i tested two devices and they have the same bugs

android os: 6.0 and 8.0

thx in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] esysfound:
New Tab Management Issue

As well as really liking the new build, I actually like the new tab system (now controlled by Settings-I use the new Grid). But one change is uncomfortable for me - when you enter a new link, the pop up menu now puts the "open in a new tab" as the second option. The first option is "add to a group".

Surely this is backwards - the group option should be second as 99% of the time, I/we would just want to open a simple new tab. Now you have to think more and focus finger down a list, vs.. something more intuitive and natural. Hopefully others can weigh in. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Yes, the position of the open in tab group is determined...... randomly

https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chrome/android/features/tab_ui/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/tasks/tab_management/TabUiFeatureUtilities.java;l=214?q=showcontextmenuopenn&sq=&ss=chromium

which is complete non-sense, so in version .18 I removed the randomness and always put it second :)
[Android Apps and Games] IamTheBRAVE:
@arnaud42

Just wanted to let you know, the x86 version of kiwi is completely buggy.

Updating directly from playstore makes it crash. Manually installing makes it freeze after a minute of loading a page.

Would appreciate your help in this matter.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
You can go to kiwi://crashes and press "Send now", and then tell me which version you have in kiwi://version and I'll check if I received the log, then I can provide you more info on what's going on
[Android Apps and Games] IamTheBRAVE:
Thank you for the fast reply.

I couldn't send the log. Enabled usage statistics in google services. Still won't enable it 🤔
[Android Apps and Games] esysfound:
Good to know - Thanks for the great work.
[Android Apps and Games] pstein:
Assume I enter some search words in the internet URL field at the top of the Kiwi browser in Android and hit RETURN.

Then the search patterns are automatically transferred to Google search engine and a Google result search page appears.

When I tap now on one of the results the corresponding target pages opens in Kiwi browser BUT with a prepended google domain similar to

https:/google.cm/amp/s/amp.foobarfinalURL.com/mypage.html

How can I tell Kiwi browser to list the google results WITHOUT prefix:

https:/google.cm/amp/s/amp

and just show the original URLs like

foobarfinal.com/mypage.html

Peter
[Android Apps and Games] xNAPx:
I would like to know how to open external app when I click on links, for example dialer when I click on phone numbers because when I do it doesn't, I tried to go into accessibility settings and switch on the setting but nothing happens
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
It used to be a wonderful browser and my first choice. However, it became buggy over the years. Now, I use Samsung internet Browser.
[Android Apps and Games] dongfangri:
I have the same feeling. The old one is much smoother. And there should be a bookmark button in the right-top toolbar.
[Android Apps and Games] danbest82:
After downloading a file, I cannot click the notification to open it. Could have swore this worked in the old version of Kiwi so I don't think it's my Android version.

Edit: sent in discord. Can ignore here.
[Android Apps and Games] JaraCimrman:
Hello, 1st of all thank you for the browser and for your awesome work, been using it for a 1+ year and it meets all my feature and security criteria. However, there is a few issues that remained unsolved since the new redesign:

Open in external apps - doesnt work for me, only for youtube currently, but for Reddit (Relay for Reddit app)/Instagram/Twitter - no luck. It was working before redesign. I even tried reinstalling the apps.

Remove AMP - with the latest update, it loads the AMP website first and then redirects to the direct website, this is useless, can it be done to point directly to the direct website? It was done beatifully before redesign.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] Ascii3:
@arnaud42 - Hello I have tried your most current Kiwi Next pre-release after using the Git210216Gen5570536402 version of the browser. I was hoping that many of the Kiwi Next UI issues should have been corrected by now, but it does not seem to be the case.

The Git210216Gen5570536402 and older versions of Kiwi browser allowed one to display the whole URL in the address bar (though not by default); the Kiwi Next browsers fail to do that. In such older versions, one would configure kiwi://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-scheme-and-subdomains and set it to Disabled to allow the whole URL to display in the address bar. In newer versions of Chromium, the user-configurable flag was removed and supposedly replaced with a persistent option to show the whole URL by right-clicking the address bar and selecting to always show the full URL. Unfortunately on Android, one does not get the right-click menu and cannot select the option to always show the full URL. Kiwi Browser 93.0.4577.39 seems to suffer this same problem as Chromium on Android. Please implement to option to always show the full URL.

After installing Kiwi Browser 93.330.4577.39 and proceeding to browser a web page, I receive a notification associated with "Kiwi Browser" titled "Update Google Play services" and with description, "Kiwi Browser won't run unless you update Google Play services.". I would prefer that Kiwi Browser never use Google services and not share information with Google, web page content notwithstanding. Given the notification it seems that Kiwi Browser might be leaking information to Google when Google Play services are installed.
[Android Apps and Games] ahahah:
Open in new tab (long press on the desired result). It's been this way since the beginning...
[Android Apps and Games] TaFN:
Any chance to move the bar to bottom ?

Found it.

Nice app
[Android Apps and Games] DaRdamnDoG:
I thought the developer abandoned in 2019. So excited to see my favorite browser back in action!

Thanks guys for whoever made it happen.
[Android Apps and Games] dongfangri:
Today's latest release of Kiwi next is very smooth.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Scrolling performance is on par with old Kiwi?
[Android Apps and Games] dongfangri:
Maybe not so smooth if compared with Kiwi Classic, but already acceptable.
[Android Apps and Games] Ascii3:
After seeing this post, I was hopeful that my complaints from post at https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-1-kiw...-mode-2021-07-29-active.3797252/post-85486391 (parts of URL in URL bar being hidden and Google Play Services integration and prompt for Google Play Services) were addressed, but the problems still persist in Kiwi Browser 94.0.4606.48, unfortunately.
[Android Apps and Games] aBetterAndroid.:
Kiwi is my #1 browser out there. It has a few bugs here and there but...it's great.Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] nikdrlecter:
hi everyone, I'm using Kiwi on a TCL android tv, it's working well but I would like to resize the pages,they are not well optimized on tv screen..

can someone tell me how to do this?

i tried many chrome extensions but none worked for my purpose.

tnx bye
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Kiwi at least the Classic version has a Text Rewrap/Reflow option under Settings>Accessibility. Have you enabled it? I don't know if the new version has it or not as I am yet to update. Kiwi's Text Reflow proved problematic in a few sites so I keep it disabled. Best implementation was in Yandex Browser. It's the only reason why I still keep it around for the rare site which isn't optimised for mobile.
[Android Apps and Games] nikdrlecter:
setting like you said and setting desktop as default view, seems to be better.. of course this is not the most comfortable station to surf the internet but it's the best browser on android TV that i tried..
[Android Apps and Games] Zalext:
Hi,

On ATv, has been any recent change at Chromium level?

On HK1 Kiwi worked fine till August 2021, also Chrome doesn't play Video server sites live Gamo, Pow or that kind, but Firefox works.

Already removed/reinstalled Kiwi 94.x but same result "This media can't be played"

Any idea?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Zalext:
Ok,

Just downgraded to 93.4577.33 and worked.

Restored Data from Titanium and kept working.

I'll check updating to 94 and see whether there's any difference.

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] GoodyOG:
I have exported my password in Kiwi Browser, Is there any way to import it back?

Am rooted and already have a swift backup of kiwi, I just need a fresh install bug tlwith my passwords
[Android Apps and Games] kubalav:
Go to kiwi://flags/#password-import

Enable Password import and relauch Kiwi browser.

Go to Settings – Passwords – top right kebab menu (3 dot menu) Import passwords.
[Android Apps and Games] esysfound:
Enjoying the latest build-again this is IMHO Kiwi is the best Android browser out there.

I do have an annoying problem - I have to load 2 unpacked Chrome extensions. They work fine for days and then suddenly disappear. I cannot find a pattern to it - does not seem to be affected by updates (either the browser or the extensions-although obviously these do need to be managed). But it is happening by itself. Not caused either by closing Kiwi. Most times it retains the extensions. There seems to be no pattern to it. But 1-2 times each week I have to reload them. In non Android PC browsers, the extensions behave.

Anyone else experiencing this?
[Android Apps and Games] gargamon:
Hello,

This used to work fine in kiwi but has recently stopped. Form autofill used to work in most cases but now works in none. I cannot find any setting that would re-enable the desired behaviour.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] wilpang:
Has Kiwi changed ownership? I was a former user but stopped as it doesn't support high refresh rate displays, has it been fixed? Currently using Opera which has been good but can't open some links in native apps.
[Android Apps and Games] nickelnine:
Is it possible to theme the toolbar the same color as the status bar on sites that have a colored status bar?
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
I've read about the awesomeness of tab switching in kiwi, but have no idea how to access the tab switcher. Not even with the setting to swipe up on the toolbar. Nothing happens.

Also, there used to be a setting to move the toolbar to the bottom, which I can't find anymore.

If I uninstall and reinstall, to try to see if that will fix my issue, will all my site passwords be maintained? My extensions?
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
Also, looking at the toolbar, I'm not sure which is the active tab. There is not one tab that stands out distinctively from the others.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Settings>Toolbar. I couldn't find it out myself. Had to post in the Kiwi TG group.
[Android Apps and Games] mraeryceos:
I was there, at settings->toolbar. I have tried everything but haven't gotten any sign of the tab switching. Could it have to do with my phone identifying as a phablet?
[Android Apps and Games] plusminus_:
And... thank you Arnaud, really this is great. You and interfect are pretty much singlehandedly doing what Google and Mozilla (respectively) cannot (or will not). Amazing.
[Android Apps and Games] CubaoX:
What is "The GOAT uBO"? Can you share link?

For adblocking Adguard extension works good.
[Android Apps and Games] plusminus_:
uBlock Origin, it can block ads and filter other content, it's brilliant. (The GOAT part is a personal description ;))
[Android Apps and Games] PC295:
No longer works...?
[Android Apps and Games] kubalav:
@PC295

I can't see import button.
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Concerning Kiwi's Lite/data saver/reduction mode, can anyone find any documentation on this on the github code or a guide for what sites respond with? It says it doesn't go through Kiwi/other servers but I have never heard of a browser asking for 'lite' versions of images/pages (I don't mean amp or mobile view)
[Android Apps and Games] echo124:
How to disable media autoplay on latest version?
[Android Apps and Games] jonsumisu_:
I use an extension for that. AutoplayStopper
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
It doesn't stop the pre-loading which can be an issue in case of mobile data. Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Reloaded) and uMatrix are better in this regard. The former doesn't seem to work on a per-site basis in Kiwi though.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Hi.

I have an issues with this browser, it has a lag of 3-5 sec when loading a page. After typing the address and hitting enter, for a few seconds it doesn't seem to do anything.

Does this happens to anyone else?

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
I have experienced the same but in a few sites although the wait time is longer like upto 10s sometimes. It was the same in Chrome Beta and Samsung Browser all of which are based on Chromium. But not in Firefox or Soul Browser. These sites occasionally load normally but a few minutes later the problem crops up. Persisted after a fresh install as well. I had posted the same in the Kiwi TG group yesterday.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
I noticed that, this lag is not present in Firefox. For the moment Firefox seems to be the fastest browser, but it has less features and has it's own bugs. I really like kiwi, but this lag is annoying.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Yes. I was surprised to see how much FF had improved. In terms of scrolling Soul Browser is the best in my experience, almost always 60fps, even in certain sites like Amazon, Google News etc. mostly image-heavy where Kiwi lags noticeably.

If you use Chrome/Samsung Browser did you also experience the lag in them? This is a quite frustrating issue as it seems to impact most of my frequently visited sites.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Yes, I have the same lag in chrome. In Samsung Internet I haven't tried, overall I find it somehow bulky, slow. I don't use it anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Clearing the cache seems to solve the initial lag, at least for the moment. You could give it a try.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Doesn't seem to have any effect in my case. I had earlier tried in a fresh install as well.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Sorry to hear that. After clearing the cache it was a noticeable improvement in my case.

Maybe the developer could answer this, if he's reading the thread.
[Android Apps and Games] echo124:
More extension make browser slower.
[Android Apps and Games] Vicalvi:
Hi, is there any way that when you close Kiwi Browser, it also automatically closes all open tabs?

As soon as I open it again, it opens on the homepage.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
The Exit option should close all open tabs.
[Android Apps and Games] Vicalvi:
In another browser that I used, I could close it through the Android management and it would close all the tabs, in this one it opens the last open website. But thanks for the tip, it helps. :)
[Android Apps and Games] jmh2002:
The option to choose what to do with the tabs is available in the settings.

Kiwi Browser > Settings > Privacy > Close All Tabs

(the choice to Tick / UnTick to Close All Tabs between two browsing sessions).

That works regardless of whether you "Exit" or "Close/Kill" Kiwi Browser.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Even with the latest update from Github the issue persists. It's quite frustrating to say the least.
[Android Apps and Games] jmh2002:
Issues posted here on GitHub seem to get more attention: https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next/issues
[Android Apps and Games] zaskock:
Change the dns server in Privacy
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
the DNS server is unchanged. I'm using Blokada so there's no need to change the DNS in Kiwi.

But this lag is not there in Firefox, for example.

And with the latest update maybe the lag is a bit shorter, but is still there.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Is it possible to disable auto playing videos? How?

For now I found how to disable sound, but the videos start playing automatically.

Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] jmh2002:
Yes, use AutoplayStopper or similar extensions.
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Thanks! I didn't think of extensions. Good idea!
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Same. Seems to have been introduced in the last update as it never happened before, and this is on a Tab S7 and Pixel 5. It's like it won't open a new tab/ui won't respond until the previous tab has loaded.

Definitely didn't used to happen
[Android Apps and Games] pstein:
Since a few days (I guess since the most recent release ?) I observed that the SpeedDial thumbnails were shrinked and put into a small circle.

Can someone confirm this?

Can I somehow revert to the old big thumbnails? I urgently prefer the old style.

Furthermore I experienced that I somehow got a popup to EDIT the labels below the thumbnails.

Unfortunately I cannot reproduce that.

How does that work?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Settings, homepage, chiose Classic
[Android Apps and Games] pstein:
It works. Thank you.

But how can I edit the label/description BELOW the thumbnails?
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Long press, edit
[Android Apps and Games] CubaoX:
Can I turn off toolbar and notifications bar coloring based on web site color, how?
[Android Apps and Games] pstein:
This works only in Modern Homepage.

If I modify the label there and switch back to Classic Homepage the Label the old text label re-appears.

Any chance to get the label edited in "Classic Homepage" too?

Or to enlarge the thumbnails in "Modern Homepage" to the size and shape of the old "Classic Homepage"?
[Android Apps and Games] yoursamit21:
How to enable clear data on exit? Back to Kiwi after 2 years and unable to figure out the same?
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
You can't. I was asking for the same thing.
[Android Apps and Games] yoursamit21:
Figured it out..Install the click and clean extension from web store..go to options and in extras select clear data on Exit..

Working like a charm.
[Android Apps and Games] asliaral:
Hello guys.

In the Github version, Youtube videos were said to be playing in the background. But I tried and still couldn't play without plugin. It's with the plugin. But why didn't it happen in the Github version, does anyone know?

Also, is it possible to reduce the brightness and volume increase with the finger while watching videos, which is in some non-chromium-based browsers, with a plug-in? Or is this not in the chromiom infrastructure?

(PS:I got google translation help. I hope it translated properly.)
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
https://github.com/kiwibrowser/android/issues/60#issuecomment-879318316 I used the above extension and it seems to work well even with the display turned off. In desktop mode, videos play in the background without needing any extension.

It would be really nice if the brightness and volume controls could be added to Kiwi. It's there in Samsung Browser which is based on Chromium.
[Android Apps and Games] asliaral:
Yes, I installed that plugin too. They got it from this.
[Android Apps and Games] Redswap007:
I started using this browser and i love it. Using with Dex and works very well. Specially if you looking for a desktop experience. But im having 2 problems.First Tabs text get corrupted, i have to move up and down to clear and get normal text. anyone with this problem. Second, when i have to much tabs, the latest tab, doesnt appear in the screen because theres no space.

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] asliaral:
Hello

I tried to open desktop view for facebook on last update. It doesn't work.

İs there any solution?
[Android Apps and Games] zo10000:
Hi

Is there any setting to pause a video if I exit the browser or shut off the screen? The background playback is useful if you want to listen some music or podcast, but not that useful if you're watching the news and have to interrupt it for some reason.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Same issue but it persisted in Chrome Beta as well. I login to FB maybe once or twice a year if that so I am not concerned.
[Android Apps and Games] asliaral:
I got membership for Marketplace. I can be needed desktop mode for this reason. Except this, I am not interested in FB.
[Android Apps and Games] genziutek:
Hi. Browser is great 🔥🔥🔥 but is any option to block autplay videos on sites?

UPDATE: this extrnsion resolved the problem:

AutoplayStopper - Chrome Web Store

Stops video autoplay gracefully.

chrome.google.com
[Android Apps and Games] Andreus94:
Hi! I disabled the option to open links with external app because I want to do it manually only when I want.

For example in Firefox there is a button in the menu "open in app".

Is there any way to do this in kiwi? Even with an extension?

Edit: after all kiwi has this feature when we hold a link "select an external app". It needs just to put it in the menu
[Android Apps and Games] bhagvan.dabhi8:
Chrome extention does not work in kiwi browser (verion - 99.0.4844.66 ) in my poco x3 nfc ( miui12.5.5 android 11 )

Whenever i enable any extention and after try to relaunch kiwi it does not relaunch.

i have tried multiple times to relaunch but extention does not enable.

please guide me how can i enable chrome extention kiwi browser.
[Android Apps and Games] Sand1p:
I have mobile with rounded corners. POCO X3. AND the home button is really hard to click.

Please add option to rearrange icons. Or make icons click wider
[Android Apps and Games] StimmyPizza:
Make sure you have Developer Mode enabled in your extension manager screen. Could be the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] StimmyPizza:
I'm not sure if Poco phones have this option but on my phone if I go to Settings > Display and scroll down there is an option to change the Screens zoom and another option to change the size of font. Try changing those if your phone settings has it