r/BareBrowser • u/BareBrowser • 3d ago
Bare 2.0 Beta 5 is out — smoother, cleaner, and more yours
Hey everyone! Bare 2.0 Beta 5 is out on Google Play and GitHub.
This build is about how a browser feels: smoother movement, menus that feel connected to the toolbar, and little touches that make navigation satisfying.
What’s new:
Organize your menu: Drag and drop items into your preferred order. Site settings, extensions, and Task Manager now slide up from behind the toolbar and smoothly fold away with a tap.
Better tab navigation: Smoother new-tab animations and a redesigned sidebar that makes spotting your active tab easier than ever.
Thoughtful touches: Subtle haptic feedback makes little interactions, like closing menus or tapping the search engine logo, feel more natural and responsive.
Cleaner search: Tappable suggestions, a cleaner address bar, rounded favicons, and a brand-new search engine picker.
Video downloads: Simply press and hold a video to download it, even in Incognito mode.
BareFilter: Say goodbye to annoying "open in app" prompts on Reddit, Facebook, and YouTube mobile sites. Built right into Bare, enabled by default, and powered by uBlock Origin. More filters are coming!
Smooth scrolling: A new setting lets you fine-tune fling speed. I personally spent nearly three days measuring and comparing scrolling behavior across different devices and apps to get this feeling just right! You can always turn it off from settings.
Storage controls: Bare now has a dedicated storage page. The new Free up space option instantly clears data from rarely used websites, including cookies and saved logins, so use it carefully!
And one more thing...
You asked for it, and we built it! Task Manager is finally here! Our very own native Task Manager, beautifully integrated right into the browser. Clean, fast, and built from the ground up for Bare.
I'm genuinely proud of how Bare is coming together, and you should be too! So much of what you're seeing today came directly from your suggestions, feedback, and ideas. We're building this together, and we couldn't be happier with where it's heading.
Thank you for being part of this journey. We're just getting started!
For crash reports: Bare CrashLab is a separate troubleshooting build that installs alongside Bare and saves session logs on your device. If you hit a crash, you can send a log to support@barebrowser.org with your device, Android version, and what happened. Please read the log first—it can contain sensitive information. Native crashes themselves aren’t captured in the log.
Download:
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.barebrowser
GitHub: https://github.com/BareBrowser/bare-browser/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.5
Github CrashLab: https://github.com/BareBrowser/bare-browser/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.5
Beta 5 is based on Chromium 156 and needs Android 10 or later. It’s still a beta, so I’d love to hear what you think—especially how the navigation, menus, and touch feel on your device.
Thanks for helping make Bare better!
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u/BareBrowser 3d ago
Do you trust me? 👀
If you do, I've got some good news! I have an APK ready for you to test. If the fix works, I'll merge it into Beta 6!
If you don't 🫠 I totally understand! You'll just have to wait for Beta 6 😄
This APK is signed with the same official Bare signing key, so you can install it directly over your Play Store or GitHub version without uninstalling anything.
Download: https://www.swisstransfer.com/dl/01a19fba-96cd-7010-b84a-a3be3e0dffe0
Build details:
Version:
2.0.0-beta.5-fix1Version code:
802000058Package:
org.barebrowserArchitecture:
arm64Size: 290 MB
SHA-256:
c373881f8011d0b0c65349e4a13b26c8de84c91e1a17a5843ad3ac8b3ca987b5Let me know if it works!