Brave for Android will wait much longer before opening a fresh new tab
Brave is changing how its Android browser behaves after long periods of inactivity, raising the fresh new tab threshold from one hour to 12 hours.
Brave is changing how long its Android browser waits before opening a fresh New Tab Page after a period of inactivity. Instead of doing it after just one hour, the browser will now wait 12 hours before switching to a new tab when you come back.
The change is part of Brave 1.95.102 and applies to the browser’s “new tab after inactivity” behavior. The underlying issue was opened in late August, but Brave only uplifted the change into the 1.95.x branch on September 16, putting it into the code tagged for version 1.95.102.
That should make the feature feel a lot less aggressive. Leaving the browser alone for an hour is not exactly unusual, especially if you use your phone throughout the day. Twelve hours makes the behavior more likely to kick in after a genuinely longer break instead.
Brave is also changing the prompt that appears when this happens. The “Get back to your most recent tab” snackbar used to disappear automatically after eight seconds, but it will now stay on screen until you interact with it, swipe it away, or leave the New Tab Page.
The update also fixes a few issues with that snackbar. In some cases, touching it could immediately switch tabs instead of letting you swipe it away, while queued snackbars could also interfere with each other’s layout.
Brave 1.95.102 is currently marked as a prerelease, so the changes may not be on every Android device just yet.