Description of the issue: the search bar widget is gone! I updated the app and went to click on my home page to search on brave, and was met with a blank space How can this issue be reproduced? It’s not there, update app, and go look for the search bar There is some garbage that they replaced it …

This widget is the very first, and most important, on my home screen! Why would you just remove it?!

[image] Brave Android App Version 1.79.118 gets rid of the small search bar widget Search Support Android widget issues: ‘ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues?q=android%20widget%20is%3Aissue ’

This is unacceptable! I rely on that search bar heavily. I am amazed that you would eliminate it like that. Bring it back or I find another browser.

Same here, I have updated and widget is gone, this is pretty Bad I rely so much on this search Bar.

Thanks all for the candid feedback. I’ve passed along to the team who is currently reviewing.

Search Widget (Material You) [image] Standalone search bar widget in Material You style for Android 8.0... $0.99 This app is the best solution/workaround I’ve found so far. It’s beautiful, and can bind to any browser/search engine including Brave. It’s $0.99 tho…

So, I have to slap on the Chrome search widget, then open links in Brave after searching. Why is Brave acting all quirky? I created a macro that is a simple red widget, and when you click on it, the search tab in Brave is launched. Until Brave developers make that widget back, we can use this approa…

I used it every time. Now I need to use the Google one until they add it back… At least the Chrome one is customizable and looks really good (you can change color, shape and transparency). Take some notes Brave.

The Search widget will be back in 1.79.121 Brings back upstream search widget on Android (uplift to 1.79.x) 1.79.x ← pr29416_android_search_widget_1.79.x opened 08:28PM - 05 Jun 25 UTC (UTC) …

Search bar widget is gone!

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steeven June 11, 2025, 6:29pm 12

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Search bar widget is gone!

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