Release Notes

• Fixed issues with the image blocking feature

• Visual adjustments to the top and bottom bars of the web browser
• Fixed issue with video sound still playing even after a tab was closed
• Opening links in Lion from other apps should now work again

• Minor UI adjustments

• Fixed handling of migration password not meeting 6 character limit

• Fixed issue with the bookmark list being empty and/or duplicating bookmarks (if you have duplicates still, just delete them, they will no longer duplicate going forward)
• Fixed Settings subtitle issue

With this 2.0 update comes a handful of new changes but most importantly we’ve moved over to a new bookmark syncing provider. Please follow the steps after you update to migrate your bookmarks over to the new provider. If you have any issues please reach out to contact@lionbrowser.app

Here are all of the fun new features in 2.0!

• Migrated bookmark syncing over to new provider
• Updated design to match Safari bottom search bar
• Updated logo and branding throughout app
• Added ability to change app icon
• Added dark mode app icons
• Added ability to delete bookmark syncing account

• Fixed issue with some websites triggering a download instead of allowing you to bookmark it
• Fixed phone name identifiers
• Added weekly log next report date to accountability partners footer

• Fixed some issues layout issues on iPad
• Improved favicon calculation for bookmarks

• Added smart homepage which allows you to add your favorite bookmarks to the home screen
• Added yearly subscription option

• Hotfix: Fixed issue with websites loading in desktop mode or not even loading correctly. Sorry about that!

• Fixes layout of subscription plans screen on smaller devices

• Minor adjustments to promo code redemption

• Added the ability to redeem a promo code from within the app

• Fixed back door into parental controls

• Just some under-the-hood improvements to the detection engine

• Added ability to reset password for bookmark cloud sync
• Behind the scenes improvements

• Added app version to settings for easily keeping track of a new update
• Updated copy in onboarding

• Minor behind-the-scenes improvements

• Fixed an issue that was causing the app to freeze up for a split second when visiting a new website. Scrolling should feel much smoother now.

• Added a search widget, tap it to go straight to Lion search
• Fixed the bookmark icon in the share settings

• Fixed bug where duplicate history items would show up in history logs

• More tweaks to AI

• Fixed crash on iPad when trying to change appearance

• Made improvements to the AI scanning
• Fixed sharing to Lion
• Laid groundwork for keyword support which is coming soon

• Significant enhancements have been made in Lion’s website tracking capabilities. Lion is now equipped to identify dynamic page changes on websites such as Google Images, Yandex, YouTube Shorts, and various others that employ reactive navigation when loading new pages. This means history tracking and flagged website tracking will be much more accurate.
• You can now blacklist subpage websites. For example you can block YouTube.com/shorts without YouTube.com being blocked.
• Added the ability in Parental Controls to add an attraction type which will help fine-tune the Suggestive detection level AI tracking.
• Fixed links being cut off in History emails
• A handful of fixes to UX and UI

• Made minor tweaks to auto-suggestions
• Fixed handling of websites that end in “.amp”

• Telephone, SMS, Facetime, and Email links all open correctly now
• Improvements to the plan selection screen
• Fixed website scroll responsiveness
• Improved download naming

• Fixed an issue that was preventing some websites from loading correctly when “Block Blacklisted Websites” was turned on

• Added ability to change to light or dark mode manually

• UI Tweaks to the Tabs
• Added a Getting Started guide
• Fixed push notifications subtitle

• Fixed an issue with alerts sometimes causing a crash
• Fixed unresponsive Push Notifications option

• Put the Detection Level settings behind Parental Control

• Fixed issue with tabs getting out of sync
• You can now change the accent color of the app!

• Added new option in Parental Controls which adds the ability to disable all images and media
• Added ability to save passes to your Apple Wallet
• Fixed issues with iPad version of the app crashing on settings
• Fixed sharing of certain websites

• Turn on blocking of the blacklist (explicit) websites – There are 4.5 million adult websites in the blacklist.
• You can add websites to the blacklist and anytime they are visited they will be included in the weekly log (or blocked if you have blocking turned on)
• You can turn on daily or weekly history logs which means you partner will get sent your entire history for that time period

• You can now set your default search engine (Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, or Yahoo)
• Fixed issue with sharing urls that end in .html

• You can now add websites to your home screen if running iOS 16.4
• Added copied URL detection
• Fixed iTunes/App Store link loading
• Fixed issue with tabs getting out of sync
• Added warning to cache clearing

• Made more improvements to the sensitivity of Providence AI. This should limit the amount of false positives.
• When on YouTube.com you can now tap the share button and select “Disable Youtube Ads” – this will disable Youtube ads in your current tab. You may have to re-select “Disable Youtube Ads” again when in a new tab.
• Fixed Facebook external links, they now open in a separate tab as expected.
• Made more improvements to downloads, some websites were not triggering the download, this update fixes that.
• You can now tap the download popup to be taken right to downloads

• Lion now supports downloading files! You can now also view/manage all of your downloads under settings.
• Sharing pdfs to the Apple Files app is much easier now
• Fixed issues with certain links never opening when you tap them (ie. external links on Facebook)
• Picture-in-picture fixes
• Google Sign-In fixes

• Fixed issue with some websites not showing the mobile version
• Made layout adjustments to support iPhone SE
• Added next report date to Partner list footer

The new Lion Browser has officially launched!