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@KernFerm KernFerm released this 01 Oct 01:50
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Bubbles Browser Android 0.6.35

Version 0.6.35 is an early Android release of Bubbles Browser with a native, touch-friendly interface and no AI integration.

Highlights

  • Modern Material 3 mobile interface with correct status-bar and navigation-bar spacing.
  • A single start-page search and address field with complete Bubbles Browser branding.
  • Responsive controls that remain inside the screen at larger Android font sizes.
  • Multiple tabs, bookmarks, history, downloads, profiles, guest mode, and profile backups.
  • Settings wired to browser behavior, including privacy, accessibility, focus, reading, and performance options.
  • Local safe-browsing checks and optional ad and tracker blocking.
  • Expanded Streaming Hub covering subscription, live TV, sports, specialty, free, creator-video, personal-media, and audio services.
  • Android-native music playback and direct audio-file downloads.
  • Download completion notifications and Android runtime permission handling.
  • Task Manager, Diagnostics, Trust Center, and scrollable About screen.
  • AI-free operation with no telemetry, analytics, or cloud synchronization.

Fixes In 0.6.35

  • Removed the duplicate search field from the home screen.
  • Corrected the home title from Bubbles to Bubbles Browser.
  • Added a clearly visible light-gray and blue background blend with playful rounded typography.
  • Removed the unnecessary start-page description to keep the browser home screen focused.
  • Added true full-screen HTML5 video with browser and Android system controls hidden during playback.
  • Added HTTPS-only WebView protected-media handling plus Android camera and microphone permission prompts when requested by a website.
  • Added on-demand approximate or precise location permission for secure websites that provide nearby restaurant, store, and local search results; no background location access is requested.
  • Kept notification permission for download completion alerts and music/audio permission for selecting and playing downloaded device audio.
  • Enabled third-party cookies only inside Streaming Hub tabs to improve account sign-in without changing the default browsing policy.
  • Allowed secure HTTPS authentication redirects in streaming sessions while continuing to block unsafe URLs and non-secure redirects.
  • Prevented Music controls and long button labels from extending beyond the display.
  • Removed package, repository, organization, desktop-source, and exact build-time details from About.
  • Added the support email and a direct Email support action.
  • Made release notes scrollable so the complete text remains accessible.
  • Updated the Android toolchain and security-related dependencies.
  • Fixed blank Facebook pages with a narrowly scoped Chrome-compatible Facebook fallback.
  • Kept Facebook-owned resources available on Facebook while continuing to block Facebook trackers embedded by unrelated sites.
  • Renamed the home counter to Ads & trackers blocked so its purpose is clear.
  • Added live, category-specific privacy statistics to the Trust Center with accurate capability and protection-source labels.
  • Added user-controlled, cached privacy-list subscriptions for EasyList, EasyPrivacy, AdGuard Base, AdGuard Tracking, AdGuard URL Tracking, Peter Lowe, DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar, Fanboy Annoyance/Social, URLHaus, and NoCoin-compatible rules.
  • Automatically downloads enabled privacy lists when a fresh install has no local cache, instead of showing misleading zero-rule counts indefinitely.
  • Fixed URLHaus hosts-file parsing so tab-separated malicious-domain entries are compiled and enforced correctly.
  • Confirmed NoCoin-compatible rules are downloaded, parsed, cached, and compiled on first launch.
  • Added canvas and JavaScript fingerprint-protection modes and WebRTC local-IP protection modes.
  • Added encrypted saved passwords, a strong-password generator, k-anonymous password-breach checks, and user-controlled encrypted clipboard history.
  • Kept privacy-list parsing and compilation off the main thread so updates do not freeze the interface.
  • Reduced Settings and Privacy Lists rendering work for smoother navigation during longer browser sessions.

Requirements

  • Android 10 or newer (minSdk 29)
  • Android System WebView

Installation

  1. Download Bubbles-Browser-Android-v0.6.35.apk from the release assets.
  2. Open the APK on the Android device.
  3. Allow installation from the current browser or file manager if Android requests it.
  4. Choose Install, then launch Bubbles Browser.
  5. Allow notifications for download alerts and music access only when using local audio features.

Verification

  • Version name: 0.6.35
  • Version code: 11
  • Package: org.fnbubbles420.bubblesbrowser
  • APK SHA-256: FE69646D2C7B09754BA948FF98BC4BE7178C86255D590EE8473EBF00AFDDA858
  • APK signature: Android APK Signature Scheme v2, one signer
  • Device test: Motorola moto g stylus 2025, Android 16
  • Automated verification: unit tests, Android lint, and 11 connected-device tests passed
  • Snyk: no known vulnerable paths in the runtime project at release time

Known Limitations

  • This GitHub asset is a developer-signed early-access APK and is not a Google Play release.
  • Website behavior depends on the installed Android System WebView version.
  • Some streaming services may require an official app or may limit DRM playback in WebView.
  • Music downloads require direct audio-file URLs and do not use the desktop extraction pipeline.
  • Full WebView cookie and storage isolation between profiles is limited by Android WebView architecture.
  • Android WebView cannot enforce every desktop cosmetic-filter rule or expose DNS details for CNAME uncloaking; the app reports these limits explicitly.

Support

Email support.bubblesthedev.webbrowser@gmail.com. For security issues, follow SECURITY.md and do not publish exploit details in a public issue.

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