Eddy 0.6.23 beta

Ad blocking fix, reported in the F-Droid review:

• Ads and trackers are now blocked on the first page opened from the start page or the address bar. Before, that page's earliest requests could load before Eddy knew which site the page belonged to, so nothing counted as third party.
• Google Tag Manager is blocked by the built-in tracker list.
• The About page links to the new website, eddybrowser.xyz.

Validation: 49 unit tests and 39 on-device tests pass on an Android 15 emulator, including a new test for the first-page case, and Android lint reports no errors.

Downloads:

• eddy-0.6.23-beta.apk: standard build with developer tools.
• eddy-0.6.23-beta-fdroid.apk: build without the bundled developer-tools asset, for F-Droid reproducibility checks.

Eddy 0.6.22 beta

Fixes from a full bug audit of the app:

• Security: file uploads can no longer hand a page Eddy's own private files, the password manager closes every open sheet and export when it relocks, and HTTPS-only now covers public IP addresses.
• Privacy: incognito site settings are forgotten when the last private tab closes, private browsing leaves nothing in the app log, downloads no longer leak full page addresses, Clear site data removes more cookies, and clearing the cache also removes tab previews.
• Downloads: resuming is more reliable and never splices two versions of a file, binary data downloads stay intact, and failed or abandoned downloads clean up after themselves.
• Fixes for the PDF viewer, view source, bookmark import, password import, find in page, dictation, Back in bookmark folders and the reduced-motion setting.
• App text now lives in Android string resources, ready for translation.

Validation: 49 unit tests and all 38 on-device tests pass on an Android 15 emulator, and Android lint reports no errors. The security fixes are covered by tests but were not checked against a real attack on a device.

Downloads:

• eddy-0.6.22-beta.apk: standard build with developer tools.
• eddy-0.6.22-beta-fdroid.apk: build without the bundled developer-tools asset, for F-Droid reproducibility checks.

Eddy 0.6.21 beta

Improved ad blocking:

• Added URL path rules that can block ad scripts served from a site's own domain.
• Added support for filter exceptions, site restrictions, and first-party/third-party conditions.
• Prevented scoped rules from becoming whole-domain blocks.
• Preserved existing downloaded domain caches during migration.

Validation: unit tests, including six new rule-matching regression tests, and Android lint. No on-device validation was performed. The blocker supports a conservative subset of Adblock syntax; embedded video ads may still appear.

Downloads:

• eddy-0.6.21-beta.apk: standard build with developer tools.
• eddy-0.6.21-beta-fdroid.apk: build without the bundled developer-tools asset, for F-Droid reproducibility checks.

Eddy 0.6.20 beta

Incognito is off by default again.

Changed

• Incognito off by default. New tabs, links from other apps and each start open in a normal tab again. This also turns it off if 0.6.19 turned it on for you. To keep incognito, turn on Always open incognito in Settings > Privacy and security.

Coming from 0.6.14 or older? You need to reinstall once; see the 0.6.15 release for how to keep your passwords.

eddy-0.6.20-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.20-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the same key as 0.6.15, so they install over it and you can switch between them.

Eddy 0.6.19 beta

Incognito by default, and links open in their apps.

New

• Incognito by default. New tabs, links from other apps and each start open incognito. Turn it off in Settings > Privacy and security.
• Links open in their apps. Links to TikTok, WhatsApp, Telegram, the Play Store and other apps open in those apps.
• One Eddy entry. Open-with menus show one "Eddy" entry instead of two.

Coming from 0.6.14 or older? You need to reinstall once; see the 0.6.15 release for how to keep your passwords.

eddy-0.6.19-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.19-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the same key as 0.6.15, so they install over it and you can switch between them.

Eddy 0.6.18 beta

Open incognito directly, from the app icon or from other apps.

New

• Incognito from the app icon. Long-press the Eddy icon and pick Incognito tab to start browsing privately right away.
• Open links from other apps in incognito. When another app opens a link or shares text, pick Eddy Incognito to open it in an incognito tab, with no history kept.

Coming from 0.6.14 or older? You need to reinstall once; see the 0.6.15 release for how to keep your passwords.

eddy-0.6.18-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.18-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the same key as 0.6.15, so they install over it and you can switch between them.

Eddy 0.6.17 beta

Video and audio keep playing in the background.

Fixed

• Background playback. Videos and audio, including YouTube, keep playing when you switch to another app or turn the screen off. Use the media notification to pause.

Coming from 0.6.14 or older? You need to reinstall once; see the 0.6.15 release for how to keep your passwords.

eddy-0.6.17-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.17-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the same key as 0.6.15, so they install over it and you can switch between them.

Eddy 0.6.16 beta

YouTube video ads are blocked.

Fixed

• YouTube ads. With ad blocking on, ads no longer play before or during YouTube videos, including YouTube videos embedded in other sites. If YouTube changes how it delivers an ad and one slips through, Eddy mutes it and fast-forwards it. Turning off content blocking for youtube.com in site settings turns this off too.

Coming from 0.6.14 or older? You need to reinstall once; see the 0.6.15 release for how to keep your passwords.

eddy-0.6.16-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.16-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the same key as 0.6.15, so they install over it and you can switch between them.

Eddy 0.6.15 beta

Important: you need to reinstall Eddy once. We lost the key that signed earlier versions, so this version is signed with a new one. Android will not install it over an older Eddy and shows "App not installed". To switch:

1. If you saved passwords in Eddy, export them first: Menu > Passwords, then the ⋮ menu > Export to CSV.
2. Uninstall Eddy. This removes your tabs, history and bookmarks.
3. Install eddy-0.6.15-beta.apk from this page.
4. To bring passwords back, use Menu > Passwords, then ⋮ > Import from CSV. Delete the CSV file afterwards: it is not encrypted.

Sorry for the trouble. Future updates install normally again.

Added

• Translate pages. Open the menu, tap Translate and pick a language. Your phone's language is listed first. Eddy opens the page through Google Translate, so Google receives the page address. Pages that need you to sign in can't be translated.

eddy-0.6.15-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.15-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the new key, so you can switch between them.

Eddy 0.6.14 beta

Opening downloaded apps works, and the start page shortcuts can be hidden.

Fixed

• Opening downloaded APKs. The Open button in Downloads did nothing for app files. It now starts Android's installer. Android still asks you to allow installs from Eddy and to confirm each one.

Added

• Hide shortcuts. Long-press the Add tile or any shortcut on the start page and choose Hide shortcuts. To show them again, go to Settings > Appearance > Start page.

eddy-0.6.14-beta.apk is the normal build. eddy-0.6.14-beta-fdroid.apk is the same app without the developer-tools panel; F-Droid rebuilds it from source and checks it matches. Both are signed with the same key as previous releases, so you can switch between them.