Hello everyone,
We’re pleased to announce that we have released a new beta version of Avast Secure Browser (ASB) for Windows - version 91.0.
Changes
- When using Bank mode, you are now even better protected from malware and tracking software as we have enabled and disabled extensions and services.
- We have updated our Essential mode of our Avast Adblock, to make sure that you get the best experience when browsing the web.
The new Essential Mode now includes an additional allowlist that will allow Industry Approved ads to be shown that follow your own preferences and likes. - We are introducing our new Avast Addons store to English speaking users, it will be rolled out to other users in the following months
- New extension manager - this makes it easier to manage and control extensions from your toolbar top right, offered as a feature of Chromium
- Dark Mode is here, you now can choose in Avast Secure Browser in which mode you want to use your browser. Go to Settings > Appearance > Browser colors
- Newsfeed and Weather widget were released to some of our English speaking users, more users will get these features in the following weeks/months
- Further improvements to your New Tab speed and faster loading of Onboarding
Fixes
- Fixed 32 security vulnerabilities
- Improved the overall stability of the Browser
- Improved speed and stability of Avast Sync
- Minor design improvements and fixes
- Several accessibility improvements in Security and Privacy Center features
How to get this latest version
If you have ASB already installed, it should be updated automatically (feel free to visit ‘secure://settings/help’ to trigger an update faster)
Alternatively, you can download and install ASB from our official site:
https://beta-download.avastbrowser.com/external/avast_secure_browser_setup.exe
More info about Beta channel is here
We hope you enjoy the changes we have made, and as always we would love to hear your feedback. Please try our Browser also on your other devices. Next to Windows version, it is available on iOS, Android and MacOS platform and with new Avast sync, you can synchronize the settings on all of them. You can download the MacOS version here, more information for iOS see here (English locales only), and for Android here or go straight to the App Store or Google Play Store.
