Since the last couple of releases (updates), the browser has become increasingly laggy. When I have two or more tabs open, it sometimes takes 2-3 seconds to switch between tabs, and the new tab doesn’t always display the page; instead, it often shows a completely blank page, requiring me to refresh to see the content again. I have done nothing to my tablet, and Brave is the only app that isn’t functioning properly.
How can this issue be reproduced?
Have two or more tabs open.
Expected result:
That the browser performed like it used to, without being sluggish.
Mobile Device details
I am using the latest updated version of Brave (Brave 1.76.73, Chromium 134.0.6998.45) and Android 12. My tablet Lenovo Tab P11 Plus has a MediaTek Helio G90T (8-core 2.05 GHz) CPU, an ARM Mali-G76 MC4 GPU, and 6 GB of RAM.
Additional Information:
I have tried deleting the app cache, disabling AdBlock, deleting and reinstalling the app, clearing the Android 12 cache, restarting the tablet, etc., but none of these actions have fixed the problem I am experiencing with Brave.
I am experiencing the exact same issue. I am a intensive user and have about 50+ tabs open sometimes, but either way shouldn’t matter. I already checked if RAM is somehow causing a problem but I have about 1 Gb of ram available so that shouldn’t be a problem.
I have the same brave version and a pixel 7a android 15 march if that helps.
I now have to do it so often, I think this morning alone 40 times maybe. It happens sometimes from switching tabs, to getting back from external auto fill application as well as just entering brave from the home launcher.
I would really like a fix.
Temporary fixes are reselecting the tab you want or reloading brave sometimes helps.
If a full reload is required it never seems to happen, but more so in a soft/no reload tab.
This latest version (1.76.73) has been super egregious. I have an S24 Ultra with 12GB of RAM on Android 14, and I have maybe at MOST 8-10 tabs open, and it has been ridiculous with the black/reloading tabs when switching between apps or just tabs. I have done the tricks in the OS for keeping things in memory, but it has only gotten progressively worse. It used to just reload, but not the black tab of showing nothing is ridiculous this latest version.
Edit: The crazy thing is, it will SHOW black, but if you tap around, the page is clearly “there”, because when it DOES finally load again multiple seconds later, it will be at a different part like if you tapped a link within it. Is this Brave trying to save RAM usage by “blanking” out the display of the page, putting it to sleep so to speak? Clearly not working very well…
The info between google devs and reporters doesn’t seem to be a “known” issue as they cannot reproduce the problem thus making it a reported issue that appears to be isolated to a few different reports across posts.
I do not have this issue with Chrome. I have this exact sleeping tab behavior with Brave only.