Brave browser (iOS) and .local url

Synology nas users (and those who don’t use it but may have a suggestion): after the recent iOS brave browser app update I cannot access my synology DSM using my nas.local url. I can however access all of my other nas services using my service.local url I have set up for those. When I attempt to go using the url, nothing happens - no error, no sign of the site loading. I get a blank page with “about:blank” on the url bar.

I’ve looked through of the settings in the browser, cleared cache, etc. I believe it’s the browser because I can access my synology DSM using the nas.local url in other browsers - although Firefox isn’t working for me either. Thank you for any insight - if any!