Dear Brave Support Team,
I hope you are well.
I’m experiencing an issue with Brave Browser on my Android device (Moto G35 5G, Brave version 1.77.101, Chromium 135.0.7049.115).
“When I watch YouTube in Brave and switch to another app or go to the home screen, after about a minute, the YouTube tab refreshes when I return, and the video restarts from the beginning instead of resuming where I left off.”
I have already tried the following:
Set battery usage to Unrestricted / Don’t optimize for Brave.
Enabled Allow background video/audio in Brave → Site Settings → Media.
Cleared the Brave cache.
Updated Android System WebView.
Tried to find the Automatic tab discarding flag under brave://flags but couldn’t locate it.
Reduced the number of open tabs.
Despite these steps, the problem persists.
Could you please advise if there’s a way to prevent tabs (especially YouTube) from refreshing when returning to Brave after a short time?
I would appreciate any suggestions or fixes.
Thank you for your help!
Best regards,
Bunty_king