What’s New at Chimbori ✨
Hermit 10 — Phishing and Malware Protection
- 🆕 Android O: The version has no name, but new features are coming. Hermit is ready for Android O!
- 🆕 Notification Channels: Control every aspect of Lite App notifications through Android O’s centralized notification manager.
- 🆕 New Shortcuts API: Sadly, on Android O, shortcut icons are no longer as pretty as they used to be, so read this first.
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🆕 Phishing and Malware Protection: If any malware sites manage to get through Hermit’s Ad & Malware Blocker (which is already very restrictive), then they will be automatically flagged by Google’s Malware Blocker (the same as what is used in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari). Read more about Privacy-Focused Blocking.
Hermit 9 — Web Monitors & Sharing
- 🆕 Web Monitors — track changes to any Web Page, e.g. Facebook Notifications
- 🆕 Improved flow to add multiple Lite Apps at once: one-click for Lite Apps from Library, and many more options for Create Your Own (monogram, custom icon, colors, etc.)
- 🆕 Auto Update all Lite Apps from the Hermit Library (no action required to get new features in individual Lite Apps)
- 🆕 Allow sharing articles to native apps such as WhatsApp and SMS. (Note: installing new native apps is still blocked for your protection)
Hermit 8 — Reader Mode, Unlocker App
- New Unlocker App: Hermit Premium can now be purchased via a separate Unlocker App.
- 📖 Reader Mode: Read the Web the way you want: no ads, no navigation bars, no clutter.
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📰 Text Browser: Reader Mode in Hermit is not a dead end. Unlike many other browsers, you can switch between Reader Mode and Web Mode whenever you want.
Hermit 7 — Dark Mode, Custom Themes
- 🆕 Dark Mode: Reading in Hermit is now easier on the eyes at night.
- 🆕 Custom Themes in Dark Mode: Pick your own theme to style pages.
- 🆕 Quick Settings Tile on Nougat: Boss Key immediately closes all open Lite Apps.
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🆕 Launcher Shortcut Picker: Place your Lite Apps within your launcher in more places than before!
Hermit — Older Versions
- ⚡ Faster than Lite. Automatically load Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) instead of slow regular pages.
- 🆕 Lite App Widget. Use with launchers that have buggy icon behavior.
- 🆕 Find in Page
- 🆕 Share your Lite Apps with other Hermit fans!
- 🆕 Backup & Restore Lite Apps — even if you uninstall and reinstall Hermit.
- 🆕 Toggle JavaScript on or off per Lite App.