Private Internet Access

What's new in this version:

Whale Browser 3.12.129.29
- Chromium 96 real-time updates
- Brand new user interfaces: tab, toolbar, omnibox and sidebar
- Easy profile
- Enhanced mobile window and dual tab user experiences
- Simplified context menus
- Single icon for bookmark and scrapbook
- Add clock widgets and update interface on new tab
- Windows 11 rounded corners
- Introduce Whale Friends, Whale, Ghost Whale, Byul-E, Dalto and Pepo
- Meet them on skin type, wallpaper theme, error page, warning page and icognito!

Improved:
- [Whale ON] Show presenter’s video within sharing screen
- [Whale ON] Show all participants and sharing screen side-by-side

Fixed:
- Unappropriate results on quick search
- Unable to receive notifications from Instagram
- Capture is not working on NAVER Memo extension
- Web page is shaking horizontally when side panel appears


Whale Browser 2.11.126.23
Fixed:
- Solved the problem as a specific extension
- Solved the hang page crashes
- Improved browser update logic
- Apply critical chromium security patches
- Solved that winodws 7 resize bug
- Solved the sidebar to correct that does not remain window width
- [WhaleON] Solved bug when lmulti profile uses
- Solved the datadohq site errors


Whale Browser 2.11.126.22
Hotfix:
- Solved the problem as a specific extension
- Solved the crash a page
- Apply critical security chromium patches
- Solved Winodws 7 resize bug
- Solved the sidebar to correct that does not remain window width
- [Whale ON] Solved bug when multi profile uses


Whale Browser 2.11.126.19
New:
- Chromium 94 updates
- [Whale ON] YouTube video party

Improved:
- Show extentions as a common icon on toolbar
- Add recently closed tap area to “Search Tabs”
- Apply “Prevent history manipulation” as default
- Apply one-click text drag in address bar
- Apply new Naver login page
- Auto-hide sidebar in full screen mode
- Update security patches
- [Whale ON] General user experiences of group, share and toolbar
- [Whale ON] Show Live status while meeting is in progress

Fixed:
- Browser recognition failure on Samsung Smart TV
- Crash occurs while creating shortcut for web-app
- Do not support some languages in context menu
- [Whale ON] Chat stops with a large number of participants


Whale Browser 2.10.124.26
Hotfix:
- Fixed ugly error UI for diabled extensions
- Fixed sidebar widget crash
- [Windows] Add option for using profile badge and own icon per account in taskbar
- [Windows] Detach browser icon and Whale ON icon from taskbar
- [Whale ON] Solved memory leak when sharing screen
- [Whale ON] Fixed crash occurs during screen sharing
- [Whale ON] Solved problem with microphone while sharing sound


Whale Browser 2.10.123.37
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.10.123.35
Chromium 90 Update:
- Multi-profile login support
- Add tab search
- Generate QR Codes
- Add accessibility settings
- Create a shortcut link (highlight link) to specific text within a web page
- [Whaleon] Write full screen share annotation
- [Whale On] Screen sharing pause, new share
- [Whale On] Participant Search


Whale Browser 2.10.123.10
New:
- Chromium 90 updates
- Add Search Tabs
- Add QR Code Generator
- Improve PDF Viewer UI
- Add accessibility settings
- Support setting window names
- Create link for specific text on a webpage(Highlight Link)
- Support editing saved passwords
- Use https:// by default in address bar
- Save CPU, memory, battery usage
- Support multi-profile login

Improved:
- Improve scrolling
- Add ‘Adjust scroll speed to content length’ settings
- Improve detection of phishing related to Naver login
- [Whale ON] Support FHD resolution
- [Whale ON] Select user to receive direct message by one-click

Solved:
- Many crash
- Problems reloading pages
- Problems logging out of a Whale Space account


Whale Browser 2.9.118.38
New:
- A brand new sidebar Green-dot main page
- [Whale ON] Audio settings
- [Whale ON] Arrange tile view order by drag and drop
- [Whale ON] Arrange tile view order by alphabetical sort

Improved:
- Boost loading speed by activating auto memory saver
- Update content verifier to prevent counterfeit extensions
- Update security patches
- Change the Naver search logic of drag Quick Search
- [Whale ON] Support enable join before host option for personal meeting
- [Whale ON] Indicate speaking volume of myself
- [Whale ON] Share screen quality
- [Whale ON] Chat performance

Solved:
- Horizontal scroll not compatible with some wheel mices
- [Whale ON] Crash occurs when receives chat notification
- [Whale ON] Chat not shows when receives many messages simultaneously
- [Whale ON] People window screen does not show up
- [Whale ON] A problem with starting video on some types of camera
- [Whale ON] Show wrong cursor during share screen with multi monitors


Whale Browser 2.9.118.16
New:
- Send link to other devices
- Call from mobile devices
- [Whale ON] Raise hand
- [Whale ON] Whiteboard
- [Whale ON] Schedule meeting
- [Whale ON] Meeting history and attendance info
- [Whale ON] Support macOS Apple M1

Improved:
- Account profile user interface
- Quick Search algorithm on sidebar
- [Whale ON] Enhance video and voice quaility
- [Whale ON] Notification when receives chat
- [Whale ON] Show cursor during share screen with application
- [Whale ON[ Select preferred camera and microphone automatically

Solved:
- Crash occurs when Sidebar opens
- Crash occurs when sign in Google with macOS Apple M1
- [Whale ON] Other participants’ videos are paused
- [Whale ON] A problem with listening sound
- [Whale ON] Crash issue on virtual background
- [Whale ON] Fixed some camera recognition failures
- [Whale ON] Crash occurs when sharing screen on dual monitors


Whale Browser 2.9.117.22
- Solved whaleclass connection problem
- Fixed tab group bugs


Whale Browser 2.9.116.15
- Troubleshooting unexpected crash while using sidebar widget
- Open in tab when you drag and drop sidebar webpages
- Allow Quick Search widget shortcut changes in settings
- Use Quick Search widget only when browser window is active
- Remove sidebar widget shortcut


Whale Browser 2.9.116.13
New:
- Quick Search widget: one click search
- Ctrl+Shift+Space
- (Windows) Sidebar widget: Unattached sidebar
- Image search: Search after image capture
- [Whale ON] File sharing on chat
- [Whale ON] Share computer sound when sharing screen

Improved:
- Loading speed in new tab
- Manage sidebar
- Manage toolbar setting with right click
- [Translate] Support option for viewing with original text
- [Translate] Separate Simplified and Traditional Chinese
- [Whale ON] Support custom image on virtual background
- [Whale ON] Add layout on share screen
- [Whale ON] Improve camera facial recognition
- [Whale ON] Show participants alphabetically

Fixed:
- Fixed Some Whale ON stability issues
- Issue on dark mode setting
- Fixed Crash issue when bookmarks editing
- Option for not checking again when open specific apps


Whale Browser 2.9.115.16
New:
- [Whale ON] Add a virtual background feature
- [Whale ON] Add a waiting room feature
- [Whale ON] Show up to 49 participant on a screen
- Apply a security patch

Improved:
- [Whale ON] Improve the quality of share screen
- [Whale ON] Apply error messages in detail
- [Whale ON] Improve user experiences
- Apply an option that always allowing to open the associated app

Solved:
- Solve some unexpected crash errors
- Fix a calculator bug
- Fix a photo editor error


Whale Browser 2.9.115.7
- New:
- [Whale ON] Add Reaction feature
- [Whale ON] Separate chat window and participant list
- [Whale ON] Allow channel hosts to have global microphone control
- [Whale ON] Add ‘Always on top’ function

Improved:
- [Whale ON] Improve quality of screen sharing
- [Whale ON] Improve UI
- Reduce CPU usage when minimizing windows with side panels open

Solved:
- Solve crash while using Whale ON
- Fix capture image editing errors
- Fix capturing errors
- [macOS] Fix issues that do not display download bubbles when saving files
- [macOS] Solve crash occurring in Yosemite OS


Whale Browser 2.9.114.33
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.9.114.30
New:
Open Whale ON video conferencing service:
- Unlimited conferencing
- Creating and joining meeting
- Sharing meeting with URL
- Chatting in meeting
- Share Screen

Chromium 86 updates:
- Added Tab Groups
- Enhanced security
- Enable third-party cookie blocking options in secret mode

Support browser login with Whale Space (Educational Whale Enterprise Services):
- Go to Whale Space homepage (whalespace.io)
- Blocked Adobe Flash Player

Security Update:
- Fixes for zero-day exploits
- [Flags] Support browser login with multiple accounts

Improved:
- Rebrand ‘Space’ to ‘Dual Tab’
- Added World Time widget in Toolbox
- Added notification when slow responses occur due to proxy issues
- Responded to ‘Naver MYBOX’ rebranding
- Improved dark mode UI
- Improved safe browsing detection logic
- Improved fake url detection logic

Solved:
- Fixed accidental crash
- Fixed Password Sync bug
- Fixed print button error in HWP viewer
- Fixed sidebar papago typing error when approaching from Quick search translation
- Solved many other UI issues
- Solved HWP default program automatic change issue
- Fixed Dual Tab errors
- Solved problem not being able to access Spotify
- (Beta) Fixed Windows ARM Version


Whale Browser 2.8.108.15
Improved dark mode:
- UI & color
- ‘Exclude this site’ option UX
- Visibility of secret window, developer mode, and new tabs
- SVG image rendering

Improved sidebar toolbox:
- added auto-check in Spell check
- Updated security patch
- Solved:

Solved dark mode errors:
- ‘Exclude this site’ option error when capturing webpage
- Scroll UI and status

Solved sidebar toolbox errors:
- Calculator digit, operator duplicate, and formula errors
- Text errors in calendar, exchange rate, and spelling check
- Fixed unexpected shutdown when accessing specific sites


Whale Browser 2.8.107.16
New:
- Launched Whale sync data management service: My Activity (https://myactivity.whale.naver.com)
- Added ‘Save account’ when logging in to Whale
- Added custom toolbar settings
- Added ‘Exclude this site’ option on dark mode on web contents
- Supported Naver Certificate service
- Reformed sidebar toolbox design and added stopwatch widget
- Preinstalled extensions ‘NOW’
- [Flags] Provided originals on translated pages: Enable translate tooltip

Improved:
- Updated Papago image translation performance
- Improved pop-up UI
- Improved Mobile Window UI
- Improved sound indicator UI in dark mode
- Marked text locations in scrolls when searching text on web
- Changed Hide option to Auto-hide option in sidebar context menu
- Changed pinning tab logics
- Added ‘Space settings’ in Space menus
- Added ‘Show bookmark bar’ option to mouse gesture settings
- Adjusted scroll speed in laptop touchpad
- Supported double-click text selection on mobile pages
- Supported for changing order of favorites by dragging in omnibox

Solved:
- Fixed error with media key on keyboard
- [Beta] Fixed sync error
- [Beta] Fixed ‘Add to Scrapbook’ button error


Whale Browser 2.8.107.13
New:
- Launched Whale sync data management service
- Added ‘Save account’ when logging in to Whale
- Added custom toolbar settings
- Added ‘Exclude this site’ option on dark mode on web contents
- Supported Naver Certificate service
- Reformed sidebar toolbox design and added stopwatch widget
- Preinstalled extensions ‘NOW’
- [Flags] Provided originals on translated pages: Enable translate tooltip

Improved:
- Updated Papago image translation performance
- Improved pop-up UI
- Improved Mobile Window UI
- Improved sound indicator UI in dark mode
- Marked text locations in scrolls when searching text on web
- Improved sidebar auto-hide UX
- Changed pinning tab logics
- Added ‘Space settings’ in Space menus
- Added ‘Show bookmark bar’ option to mouse gesture settings
- Adjusted scroll speed in laptop touchpad
- Supported double-click text selection on mobile pages
- Supported for changing order of favorites by dragging in omnibox

Solved:
- Fixed error with media key on keyboard


Whale Browser 2.8.107.7
- Whale synchronization data management service (My Activity) opened
- Added account saving function when logging in to the browser
- Add custom toolbar settings
- Added ‘Exclude this site’ option in web content dark mode
- Built-in extension app'NOW'
- [Laboratory] Provide original text UI when translating pages


Whale Browser 2.8.105.22
- Restored web panel drag&drop in sidebar
- Solved frequent tab refresh issue
- Fixed Greendot UI error
- Fixed ‘Customize fonts’ error under some conditions
- Fixed web search UI error
- Fixed main menus UI error
- Fixed ‘Open the previous page’ shortcut error
- Solved Shortcut collision when adding new shortcuts
- Solved ugly UI issue in dark mode on web contents
- Fixed capture error in Space
- Fixed tab UI error


Whale Browser 2.8.105.18
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.8.105.15
New:
- Chromium 83 updates
- PIP button in Global Media Controller
- Modernized Form Controls
- Protecting users from insecure downloads
- App Icon Badging API
- ‘Use quieter messaging’ option on Notification settings
- Added ‘Dark mode on web contents’ option in profile setting bubble
- Added capture with shortcut key feature when browser is minimized
- Ctrl+Alt+X (Window)
- Ctrl+Shift+1 (macOS)
- Provided icon design for PDF and HWP file
- [Flags] Added ‘Enable Omnibox Window’
- [Flags] Added ‘Standalone sidebar’

Improved:
- Improved browser speed by 10%
- Improved compatibility of some AMD GPU models
- Reduced memory usage in Windows10
- Added ‘Select mode’ and improved UX for capture image editor
- Modernized web search UI design
- Adjusted color value for dark mode on web contents
- Added font settings reset button
- Added option for wide bookmarks bar
- Changed ‘Import NAVER Bookmark’ to ‘Import NAVER Keep’
- Modified system icons

Solved:
- Fixed trouble for using dark mode on web contents when sidebar is opened
- Fixed error occured when clicking ‘Cancel’ in the bookmark bubble
- Fixed issues that cannot be closed when clicking on empty space immediately after unlocking the side panel


Whale Browser 2.8.105.9
New:
- Added ‘Dark mode on web contents’ option in profile setting bubble
- Added ‘Select mode’ to capture image editor
- Provided icon design for PDF and HWP file
- [Flags] Added ‘Enable Omnibox Window’
- [Flags] Added ‘Standalone sidebar’
- [Flags] Added capture with shortcut key feature when browser is minimized
- : Ctrl+Alt+X (Window)
- : Ctrl+Shift+1 (macOS)

Improved:
- Improved browser speed by 10%
- Optimized AMD GPU for faster rendering
- Adjusted color value for dark mode on web contents
- Improved web search UI design
- Added font settings reset button
- Changed ‘Import NAVER Bookmark’ to ‘Import NAVER Keep’
- Modified system icons

Solved:
- Fixed trouble for using dark mode on web contents when sidebar is opened
- Fixed error occured when clicking ‘Cancel’ in the bookmark bubble
- Fixed issues that cannot be closed when clicking on empty space immediately after unlocking the side panel


Whale Browser 2.7.100.20
Improvments:
- Memory usage improvements
- Improved tab opening speed
- Korean viewer support target type added (hwpx, owpml)
- Sidebar Naver Webtoon Extension App Basic Installation
- Some design improvements
- Hardware acceleration support on Linux


Whale Browser 2.7.99.22
- Adjust server time inquiry condition


Whale Browser 2.7.99.20
- Fixed OOM Problem


Whale Browser 2.7.99.19
New:
- Capture image editor
- Tab option to hide close button

Improved:
- One-click translation UX
- UI design (sidebar, profile, pop-up, etc.)
- List of mouse shortcut options: added ‘None’
- Security patch

Solved:
- Accidental crash on macOS 10.10
- Youtube full screen error
- ‘Pages per sheet’ option error when printing


Whale Browser 2.7.98.27
Fixed:
- an issue where video playback stopped in EBS Online Class
- crash when adding scrapbooks
- an issue where Korean address was broken in the address bar
- autocomplete errors on some sites


Whale Browser 2.7.98.25
- Improved Korean viewer behavior
- Opening HWP files with Wale
- Setting File Size Limits
- Korean viewer printing error
- Resolved an error that could not add a scrapbook
- Fix YouTube full screen error
- Recover „Always open this type of link in connected app” option
- Resolving unintentional shutdowns


Whale Browser 2.7.98.24
Fixed:
- Improved HWP viewer UX
- Open HWP file with Whale browser
- Added file size limit setting
- Fixed HWP Viewer print error
- Fixed ‘Add to scrapbook’ error
- Fixed Youtube full screen error
- Restore ‘Always open these types of links in the associated app’ option
- Fixed unintentional shutdown error


Whale Browser 2.7.98.22
Fixed:
- Improved HWP viewer UX
- Open HWP file with Whale browser
- Added file size limit setting
- Fixed HWP Viewer print error
- Fixed ‘Add to scrapbook’ error
- Fixed Youtube full screen error
- Restore ‘Always open these types of links in the associated app’ option
- Fixed unintentional shutdown error


Whale Browser 2.7.98.19
New:
- Added HWP viewer
- : With ‘Download HWP files instead of automatically opening them’ option
- Added ‘always pin on top’ for pop-up window
- Added Naver Sign-in Phishing URL detection
- Added new Microsoft Edge (Chromium based) for ‘Import Bookmark and Setting’

Improved:
- Improved login pop-up window UX
- Added option to hide Omnibox for mobile window
- Set scrollbar hidden while playing video in full screen
- Improved One-click translation UX and added user’s option
- Updated to the newest browser security

Fixed:
- Fixed full page screen capture in Naver Blog
- Fixed errors in Youtube
- Fixed to refresh browser in power saving mode
- Fixed speed issues for auto-completing long URLs


Whale Browser 2.7.98.18
New:
- Added HWP viewer
- : With ‘Download HWP files instead of automatically opening them’ option
- Added ‘always pin on top’ for pop-up window
- Added Naver Sign-in Phishing URL detection
- Added new Microsoft Edge (Chromium based) for ‘Import Bookmark and Setting’

Improved:
- Improved login pop-up window UX
- Added option to hide Omnibox for mobile window
- Set scrollbar hidden while playing video in full screen
- Improved One-click translation UX and added user’s option
- Updated to the newest browser security

Fixed:
- Fixed full page screen capture in Naver Blog
- Fixed errors in Youtube
- Fixed to refresh browser in power saving mode
- Fixed speed issues for auto-completing long URLs


Whale Browser 2.7.97.12
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.6.97.10
New features:
- Chromium 80 updates
- Added Global media control
- Support DNS-over-HTTPS
- Added ‘Use Naver as a new tab’ option
- Added ‘Address bar autocomplete’ setting
- Added Cast menu for Chromecast
- Added local browser storage

Improved:
- Modified UX for one-click translating
- Improved UX for adding favorites
- Improved mobile window and icon UI
- Modified main and context menu
- Improved Scrapbook
- Improved design & UX
- Changed memo sorting logic
- Replaced ‘Frequently viewed content’ to ‘Recently viewed contents’


Whale Browser 2.6.97.8
New features:
- Chromium 80 updates
- Added Global media control
- Support DNS-over-HTTPS
- Added ‘Use Naver as a new tab’ option
- Added ‘Address bar autocomplete’ setting
- Added Cast menu for Chromecast
- Added local browser storage

Improved:
- Modified UX for one-click translating
- Improved UX for adding favorites
- Improved mobile window and icon UI
- Modified main and context menu
- Improved Scrapbook
- Improved design & UX
- Changed memo sorting logic
- Replaced ‘Frequently viewed content’ to ‘Recently viewed contents’


Whale Browser 2.6.90.18
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.6.90.16
- Rearrange bookmarks bar UI
- Fixed crash issue when pinning tab
- Fixed occasional crash issue when separating tab
- Fixed ‘signed in as a guest’ error
- Fixed PIP button error occurring on Space


Whale Browser 2.6.90.14
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.6.90.13
Improved:
- Improved readability and design
- Added ‘Add to Desktop’ menu in WebApp
- Improved Favorites and Frequently visited sites UI in the address bar
- Improved mobile window UI

Fixed:
- Fixed accidental crash issue
- Fixed WebApp issues
- Fixed overlay scroll issues that occured by page zooming
- Adjusted scroll speed for several mouse model


Whale Browser 2.6.89.9
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 2.6.88.19
- Support low latency feature in Twitch TV and subtitle delay issue
- Solved crash issues in certain website (National Tax Service Website)
- Solved unexpected desktop screen focus issue in Mac OS
- Solved unexpected shutdown issues


Whale Browser 2.6.88.7
New Features:
- Improved UI/UX design
- Improved Sidebar features
- Changed Quick Search to NAVER’s Green Dot
- Added ‘Continue from NAVER APP’ in Green Dot
- Added NAVER Notification Service
- Added NAVER Audio Clip extension
- Added ‘Instant Side Panel’
- Added ‘Open in Sidebar’ in context menu
- Applied to NAVER’s TalkTalk and NAVER Map
- Added ‘Web App’
- Added Web App Manager (whale://apps)
- Added ‘Open in Web App’ in Green Dot & Papago extension
- Added install option menu in ‘Create Shortcut’
- Added PIP menu in Omnibox for the websites with video contents
- Added Dark Mode
- Added Space Vertical Mode
- Separated Favorites from Frequently visited website
- Added ‘File’ tab and ‘Upload File’ menu in Scrapbook
- Improved website translation quality for English (SMT->NMT)
- Added 60 languages
- Modified installation error message in NAVER Whale information page(whale://help)
- Added Size option for Sidebar
- Modified default keyboard setting from English to browser preference language

Solved:
- Solved accidental shutdown problems
- Solved Linux Widevine
- Solved hidden text problems in PDF files


Whale Browser 1.5.75.9
- Change log not available for this version


Whale Browser 1.5.72.4
Improved:
- Additional info: New & Improved
- Improved Currency converter on Quick Search
- Add Converting measurements feature on Quick Search

Solved:
- Unintentional crash during Translation
- Mouse gesture bug on Linux
- Number of problems when using Quick Search