Shift 147.1.0 | Released 2026-08-05

New Things

Passwords & Payments Sync: End-to-end encrypted sync is now available for your most sensitive data. You can now securely sync passwords and payment methods across your devices using a secret key.

Add Tab as Custom App: Turn any website into a permanent part of your sidebar with a single click. You can now right-click any open tab and select "Add as Custom App" to instantly add it to your sidebar with its icon and title pre-populated.
Improved Sync Data Toggling: Managing your data is now more flexible. You can now toggle individual data types (like Bookmarks or History) even when "Sync everything" is selected; Shift will automatically switch your settings to "Customize sync" to respect your choices.
Enhanced Space Deletion Warnings: To help prevent accidental data loss, the Space deletion dialog now explicitly warns you that any bookmarks and saved tab groups belonging to that Space will be permanently removed along with it.
Dismiss Omnibox suggestions: You can now remove individual suggestions from the Intelligent Omnibox by clicking the X next to any entry, giving you more control over your search and navigation history.

Custom App account isolation: Fixed an issue where multiple instances of the same custom app (like two different Gmail accounts) would incorrectly share the same login session. Each custom app now receives its own unique, isolated partition.
Custom App icon persistence: Resolved several defects where custom app icons would revert to fallback letters after a restart or when opening new windows.
Creative template app access: Fixed an issue in the Creative template where the last row of apps could become cut off and inaccessible on smaller screens.
Open in default browser with Space switching: Fixed an issue where switching Spaces or apps while "Open links in default browser" was enabled could cause unexpected behaviour.

iCloud Password manager compatibility: Fixed an issue that prevented the iCloud Passwords extension from functioning correctly on macOS.
Tab group navigation: Fixed a bug where clicking a saved tab group from the Bookmarks Bar would fail to expand the group if it was already open but collapsed.
Tab group drag-and-drop: Resolved an issue where tabs within a group could stay hidden or "detached" after a failed attempt to drag the group to a new window.
Inconsistent tab placement: Fixed a bug where using "Open link in new tab" from an app's context menu would incorrectly place the new tab at the start of the strip instead of the end.

Search engine overrides: Fixed an issue where the Intelligent Omnibox would ignore your selected search engine and default to Google when pressing Enter.
Omnibox history management: Fixed a bug where clicking the "X" to remove a history suggestion would sometimes delete the wrong entry from your browser history.
Autocomplete selection: Resolved an issue where pressing Enter would navigate to an autocomplete suggestion even after you had manually deleted the suggested text.
macOS Fullscreen clicks: Fixed a bug in macOS native fullscreen mode where the "New Tab" and "Close Tab" buttons required multiple clicks to respond.

Gmail desktop notifications: Fixed a core issue where desktop notifications for new emails in Gmail were not appearing for many users.
Touch ID Passkeys on Mac: Resolved a limitation on macOS that prevented users from creating or authenticating with biometric Passkeys using Touch ID.
Redundant sign-out tabs: Fixed an issue where a tab would automatically open every time a user signed out of their account.
AI Chat file upload stability: Fixed a crash that could occur when uploading large files in an AI Chat session.