2.7.208 beta

Disclaimer: Adguard for Android is not an open source project. We use github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

In this beta we offer a lot of fixes and changes. More than other aspects, UI and compatibility issues were addressed.

UI

A lot of UI changes in this beta. Among them is a long-awaited possibility to import user filter from a local file, new localizations and many 'quality of life' improvements.

[Added] An option to browse for a file to import user filter #120
[Added] A notification to inform user of expiring license #606
[Added] New localizations: Slovak & Norwegian Bokmål
[Changed] Made some other UI enhancements #684, #685, #687, #692, #697, #698, #700, #721, #726
[Changed] Adguard now counts DNS traffic towards a special "virtual" package named "DNS" #668
[Fixed] An issue with Samsung's buggy firmware (messed notification sounds) #716
[Improved] Apps and Statistics interface #682, #683
[Improved] Premium features description #669
[Improved] UI accessibility for a visually impaired users #519

Networking

[Added] An option to disable network connectivity when the screen is off #176

There was already an option to disable network access for any app when the screen is off. What is important about this update, now not only new connections are not allowed when this option is enabled, but also all existing connections are terminated when the screen goes off.

[Fixed] An issue when allowed apps couldn't connect when DNS was blocked #714, #720
[Fixed] A bug with new application permissions #727
[Fixed] Resolved shadowing of our Apache commons classes by old versions shipped in Android #709
[Improved] All our requests are now more secure with SSL/TLS #611

Ad Blocking

[Added] RoList filter to the list of supported filters #523
[Improved] Added support for the :style pseudo class syntax #701
[Improved] Modified $empty modificator behavior to improve filtering #677

Install/Update

[Added] Automatic protection restart after Adguard update #725
[Fixed] Self killing on update #696

Compatibility

Following apps were added to exclusions:

• Waze app #733
• Prisma app #715
• Grindr app #710
• Several banking apps #702, #712
• Romeo Uncut app #686
• SwiftKey app #679
• S Voice app #674
• Goes app #659
• NU.nl app #655
• Coursera app #650
• Astana Bank app #637
• Google Now app #584
• Yandex Navigator app #447
• Heetch app #624
• TomTom Go Mobile #647

Following compatibility issues were fixed:

• Samsung Battery Saving mode #378, #656
• HTC battery optimization #536
• Sync for Reddit app #645
• Cortana voice app #661
• Lazada app #680
• Smart appointments in Google Calendar #658

Minor

[Changed] Gello browser added to the list of browsers filtered by default #731
[Changed] Opera Labs browser added to the list of browsers filtered by default #708
[Fixed] Crash after resetting firewall settings #691