July 17, 2025
Filtering is meant to stay in the background. When it works well, you don’t notice it — just a clean, ad-free web.
In this update, we’ve significantly improved how filtering works under the hood. We’ve upgraded the content blocking rules converter, the WebExtension engine, and the JavaScript filtering library. These changes bring:
Better compatibility with AdGuard filtering rules
Faster and more stable application of filtering rules
Improved support for the latest filters
Optimized performance of the Advanced Blocking extension
What does this mean in practice? Ads are blocked more precisely — including on tricky websites like YouTube. If you use Safari to watch videos, you should now see fewer issues like delays or black screens caused by blocked ads.
We’ve also updated the video guide on how to enable AdGuard extensions in Safari. These extensions are key to applying advanced filtering and getting the best ad blocking experience, especially on platforms like YouTube. So it’s important you have them on.
On that note, we’ve fixed an issue with YouTube live streams in AdGuard’s built-in video browser. After some changes on YouTube’s end, streams stopped working. That’s now resolved — live streams are back, and still ad-free.
And finally, as always, we’ve fixed other minor bugs and made performance improvements throughout the app.