Desktop Release Notes for 1.70.x Release

[LaurenWags]

Release Notes

• Upgrade from Chromium 129.0.6668.42 to Chromium 129.0.6668.59. (#41111)
• Brave crashes instantly on latest version. (#41080)
• Update "Indirect Support" text for non-connected users in Rewards 2.5 panel. (#40906)
• [Wallet] some NFT balances are not fetched when "Enable Ankr Balances" is enabled. (#40368)
• Wallet: BraveWalletTransactionType enum string value . (#40336)
• There's a momentary white splash screen on minimize/restore on Windows. (#40271)
• Update VPN panel UI. (#40253)
• [Wallet] Panel closes when there are still pending requests . (#40226)
• Shields should be robust against invalid CSS in stylesheet injections. (#40177)
• Add compact mode to horizontal tabs. (#40044)
• Action operators: :remove(), :remove-attr() and :remove-class() are affected by $generichide. (#39907)
• Try both RFC and Chromium URL parsing in Debouncer. (#39866)
• Update Dapps Explorer to match new designs. (#39850)
• Leo - Change icons and font size. (#39819)
• Improve NTP responsiveness for lower screen resolutions and window sizes. (#39735)
• Parsing of Onion-Location header is different from Tor Browser. (#39578)
• Webcompat exceptions service UI. (#39510)
• [ads] Clear ads history, conversion URLs, etc when browsing history is cleared. (#39051)
• Update browser colors to use material static and dynamic color themes. (#39045)
• chrome:// scheme should be replaced with brave:// in the password manager. (#38836)
• Update Brave VPN sell panel text. (#38799)
• Build out Swap and Bridge Route Selection. (#38648)
• There's a momentary white splash screen when you open Brave. (#38214)
• Brave shares fingerprint across different profiles. (#38067)
• Edit generated AI replies. (#35343)
• Add the ability to modify prompts and have it resubmit and truncate the history. (#35342)
• Add EVM NFT owner address to NFT details screen. (#32622)
• Update Search suggestions settings text and default it on for Brave Search for new users. (#29517)
• Wallet doesn't correctly show amount of tokens to be transferred when unstaking from Rocketpool or bridging from Polygon. (#25755)
• [Security] Simulation support for EVM transactions. (#24271)
• [Security] Simulation support for Solana transactions. (#24269)