Description of the issue: The favorite icons in the new tab are all pixelated on my Macbook Pro. How can this issue be reproduced? Use brave favorites on a Macbook Pro. Expected result: Proper icons, not pixelated. Brave Version( check About Brave): Latest [image]

This does happen from time to time on macOS – unclear as to exactly what causes it but I do see this on my end at this time as well. Have asked macOS team to see if anyone knows the cause and/or solution here.

Thanks. I have it consistently on my Macbook Pro. I didn’t have it on the Macbook Air so maybe that could be a lead.

@Mattches : After some observation I believe it is pixelated on all OSes. It is just more visible on my Macbook Pro due to the higher resolution of the screen. Icons are also pixelated on my windows machine although it is harder to spot due to the lower resolution.

Thanks for checking. Looks indeed like an upstream issue :frowning:

New Tab - Pixelated Brave Favorite icons on Macbook Pro

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Mattches May 5, 2025, 6:05pm 5

Yeah I’ve reported this to the team but after some testing I think this may be an upstream issue. Looking on Chrome, I see this same pixelation:

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New Tab - Pixelated Brave Favorite icons on Macbook Pro

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