Changelog Vivaldi Browser 7.8 on iOS

New

[New][Address bar] Add a setting to swipe up/down address bar to enable tab switcher (VIB-615)

[New][Search Engine] Allow adding Custom Search Engines from web pages (VIB-1441)

[New][Tab Switcher] Swipe to close tabs option (VIB-572)

Tab Switcher

[Tab Switcher] Pin inactive tabs at the top in tab switcher (VIB-1683)

[Tab Switcher] Fix tab preview corner radius for both tabs and stacks grid items.

[Tab Switcher] Tab grid background color for private tab is changed to purple from black/dark gray to unify with Android and Desktop.

[Tab Switcher] Tabs in private tabs stacks showing incorrect color for the header.

[Tab Switcher] Private tabs stack showing white background on light mode, it should show dark. (VIB-1686)

[Tab Switcher] Private Tabs view with no tabs open has elements in wrong colors (VIB-1690)

Other

[Accessibility] iOS‘ transparency setting makes some Vivaldi menus and pages blank (VIB-1547)

[Custom Search Engine] Updating Google search engine name and nickname is not working (VIB-1668)

[iOS26] Password manager title is not centred (VIB-1546)

[iOS26][iPad] Main menu gets pushed to the side when resizing window (VIB-1571)

Missing iCloud Backup exceptions (VIB-895)

[Panel] Add search field for Reading List (VIB-1549)

[Panel][UI] Translation histories are cut off at the bottom (VIB-1630)

[Reader view] Functional issue after exiting reader view (VIB-1445)

[Reader View] Update grey theme for reader view (VIB-1673)

[Search Engine] Can’t delete some search engines (VIB-1548)

[Search Engine] Search Engine Nicknames aren’t disabled (VIB-1570)

[Sync] Add a direct link to Vivaldi account’s profile page (VIB-1536)

[Tabs] Toolbar gesture doesn’t switch tabs properly when tab bar enabled (VIB-1679)

[Theme] Tabs in tab switcher ignores app light theme when OS uses dark mode (VIB-1632)

This version contains several additional enhancements and bug fixes for a better overall experience.

Updated Chromium to 144.0.7559.114