This update introduces an optional AI browsing assistant, giving you a new way to work with webpages through voice or conversation. It also improves the floating controls, model setup, and chat experience, so you can move between asking for help and browsing the page more easily. Bring your own compatible AI service. The new assistant settings let you enter a Base URL, model name, and API key, then save the configuration for future use. Turn AI on when you want it and off when you do not. Your API key is stored in the device's Keychain, and you can show or hide it while editing the settings. Choose the API protocol your service expects. The assistant now supports both Chat Completions and Responses API configurations, including the tool calls needed to control the browser. An endpoint preview shows where requests will be sent, helping you check the setup before you start a conversation. Connection testing now checks both the model connection and tool calling. Improved Responses API compatibility recognizes valid tool results even when no final reply follows. This helps avoid showing a false error for a service that is working and ready for use. Start a task with your voice. Enabling AI adds a floating assistant button to the browser. Tap it to begin voice input; after you finish speaking and pause briefly, Verge submits the recognized request. The recording panel also lets you cancel or choose when to finish and run the request. Open a conversation with a long press. Press and hold the floating button to reveal the chat panel, type an instruction, and follow the assistant's replies and activity. Use the collapse control to return to the previous browser view without clearing the conversation. Reopen the panel when you want to check progress or continue the discussion. Sending a message now feels more immediate. Submitting with the keyboard's send action clears the input field as the request is sent, matching the send button's behavior. Your submitted text no longer stays in the composer while the assistant is thinking, making it easier to see that the request has been accepted. The floating button is smoother to drag. Movement now follows your finger directly, with its final position saved after you release it. Dragging, tapping, and pressing and holding are handled separately, helping you reposition the assistant without accidentally opening chat or starting voice input. A reset option returns the button to its default position. Active tasks have a cleaner appearance when browser controls are hidden. Instead of a wide status card near the bottom of the webpage, Verge shows a compact capsule beside the AI button. It follows the button during dragging, adjusts its placement near screen edges, and avoids the compact domain bar at the top. The compact capsule keeps essential controls close. Tap the status area to open the conversation, or use the separate stop button to end the current task. The stop control has a larger touch target for easier use. When the address bar and bottom toolbar are visible, the familiar bottom status card remains available. The AI interface now follows your app language. English and Simplified Chinese are supported across assistant settings, voice controls, status messages, and chat controls. Switching the interface language leaves your written prompts and model responses unchanged. Assistant controls also respect the browsing session. Private tabs do not participate in AI tasks. Disabling AI or sending the app into the background stops recording and active execution. Collapsing the chat panel preserves the current conversation for the remainder of that app session, so you can keep reading without losing your place. Additional diagnostic logging helps investigate model connection and response handling issues. Together with the updated connection test and clearer setup controls, these changes make it easier to identify provider compatibility problems and get the assistant ready for browsing.

What's New in Version 1.3.1 - More room for the web: Scroll down on a page to automatically hide the address bar and bottom tab controls. A compact domain label stays at the top; tap it to restore the controls. - Faster navigation: The address bar now suggests matching pages from your browsing history as you type, with a direct search option. - Improved link actions: Long-press supported links and media to open, copy, or download them using the browser's context menu. - General stability and service updates.

Added history-based address bar suggestions. Matching browsing history now appears as you type, and tapping a history entry opens it immediately without pressing Return. You can also use the arrow button to fill the URL for editing. History suggestions are disabled in Private Browsing, and private sessions do not save browsing history.

## What’s New in Version 1.2 - Added video downloading for supported web videos. - Added a download button while videos are playing. - Added video download support to the long-press and context menus. - Improved HLS video downloads and compatibility with standard MP4 and MPEG-TS files. - Added clearer error messages for unsupported, encrypted, DRM-protected, or live video streams. - Added localized video download controls in English and Simplified Chinese. - Removed Baidu from the search engine options. - Google is now the default search engine, with Bing and DuckDuckGo also available. - Added Firebase Analytics to help improve app performance and user experience. - Improved download management, file sharing, and overall stability.

## What’s New - Added proxy server support with configurable HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 profiles. - Added proxy authentication, connection testing, exclusions, and per-profile controls. - Redesigned the browser home screen with a new Verge visual identity and background. - Improved the address bar, Quick Access panel, shortcut icons, and bottom toolbar. - Added bookmark-based Quick Access management. - Refined tab, download, language, and browser settings experiences. - Improved UI spacing, safe-area handling, accessibility, and overall visual consistency. - Fixed several stability and localization issues.