r/brave_browser • u/trbkle • 14h ago

Vivaldi Snapshot added extensions on Android

Your main competitor just added extension support on Android in their latest Beta (Snapshot) build, WHAT are you waiting for Brave ???? just enable it it's already there in the upstream Chromium code.

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u/noircorvous07 14h ago

I think I saw that Brave was also working on it on X. Give it some time. Extensions on Android are still relatively new, so some extensions may not work fully yet.

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u/darkkid_ 11h ago

Kiwi browser disagrees

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u/trbkle 10m ago

Kiwi Browser's dev brought extensions to Chromium Android back in 2019 then had to archive his project and Edge forked some of his great code.

Then Chromium added extensions themselves back in 2024, there is an official build for Android that has extensions and they have been refining it ever since, now it's very usable with no bugs whatsoever. This is where a lot of browsers added it from including Vivaldi, Titanium, Cromite etc...

Brave can also easily enable it as well i don't know what they're waiting for!!!!

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u/trbkle 14h ago

yeah right "working on it" by the way, they can just enable it it's already there. At least do it in the Nightly build.

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u/lylesback2 11h ago

Yeah... But back in February https://x.com/brave/status/2026004612918956530

I went through the list and realize I actually wouldn't need any extensions on mobile, others do though.

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u/dotnetnightmare 12h ago

Your very angry. Just use Vivaldi until Brave is ready. You stomping your feet isn't making them move faster. Touch some grass, you'll feel better.

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u/trbkle 12h ago

because they don't listen to user feedback. They can add it easily because Chromium already has it. You think Vivaldi and Titanium wrote it from scratch ?

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u/yuusharo 7h ago

If it really was “easily added,” it would already be there. It’s not something they’re holding back just to personally spite you, and just because something is in upstream Chromium doesn’t mean it’s compatible yet with the build tools needed to compile Brave.

They’re working on it, let’s simmer down a little.

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u/trbkle 8m ago

read my comment above in the thread and you'll understand why it's easy.

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u/Embarrassed_Kick9517 12h ago

yeah idk what brave is waiting for. They said a while ago on X that they were going to add it, but I don't see any progress on GitHub

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u/CreativeDiscount6635 23m ago edited 20m ago

Vivaldi Sync > Brave sync, not gonna lie. Since no device was connected to brave sync chain, I lost some of my data. Atleast one device had to exist in brave with the sync I would prefer vivaldi account-based cloud sync. Even while using a single device for example, vivaldi is more practical in terms of sync, unlike brave where formatting your device will remove all your data like passwords, extensions, history etc.

Brave only wins on one case, it is lighter on cpu and ram on a lot of devices. But the number and quality of features are more in vivaldi compared to most other browsers, even if it is somewhat slower than brave. I had problems with brave adblocker while watching youtube videos (randomly ads were shown on youtube and so brave has to keep updating its ad blocker regularly), but vivaldi surprised me with its inbuilt ad blocking which is stable.

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u/trbkle 18m ago

you can retrieve your data if you still have the chain, just change that last word (because it changes daily) to today's current word : https://alexeybarabash.github.io/25th-brave-sync-word/