Today we’re releasing the first beta version of our upcoming Brave 1.0 browser for testing on our new Brave Beta Channel. This beta is a work in progress for developers and users who would like to see our latest advances. On September 6th, we released the first developer version (0.55) of Brave 1.0 on the Brave Developer Channel, and we’ve integrated the feedback that many of you have provided for Brave Dev into this first beta.

We’d like to encourage users to test this beta and share their impressions as we gear up for the general availability of this new browser. For developers who would like to file issues, please post them here: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues.

We’d also love to hear from users in our Community forum to discuss your feedback about Brave Beta features and performance, so please reach out.

This beta version offers new features that have been implemented in the past 3 weeks, and we’d like to highlight the following:

Private Browsing with Tor support (This is an early implementation still undergoing leakproofing, so users should not rely on it for serious use yet).

Widevine support on Windows and on macOS (Linux is on the way).

New design elements and UI differentiations from Chromium ( Brave Shields menu inside the URL bar on the right; bookmark bar on the left; URL bar centered and smaller; differences in tab shapes and colors; different light theme, plus dark theme can also be set).

As a reminder, the following features were available in the Brave Dev version already, and some have been polished: