That is why developers from all over the world have been creating their own projects in the form of these small pieces of software for years. However, we must bear in mind that abusing their use is not advisable, and we also find malicious extensions. In parallel, there are also some that, due to their internal operation, can put the use of the browser itself at risk.
We now know one of Google’s plans in this regard. The search giant plans to stop supporting the Manifest V2 extensions in the coming year 2025. This means that when the time comes all extensions based on that standard, Manifest V2, will stop working.
All this in order to bet on the Manifest V3 standardmore up-to-date and secure. But it is quite likely that many users will miss some of these extensions that will stop working in a few months. That is why they may look for an alternative solution to continue working with them. Well, we have good news.
And it is that the Brave web browser is patching the aforementioned Manifest V3 in the Chromium engine. All of this is done in order to allow older V2 extensions to continue working as they have done up until now. This means that we will be able to migrate to Brave, an equally free web browser, to continue using our favourite V2 extensions after the deadline imposed by Google Chrome.
Brave browser will support older extensions
It should be noted that with the imminent change to Manifest V3, as we have already mentioned, some Chrome extensions that depend on the V2 blocking functionality will stop working if they are not updated. There are many users who have been using these extensions for years that could disappear, which becomes a problem.
That is precisely why those responsible for the Brave browser are going to propose an alternative solution. They are patching the program so that it is compatible with most of the V2 extensions that Chrome will block. Thus, Brave is modifying Manifest V3 to allow older V2 extensions to work without any issues.
It is worth mentioning that the patch that is being applied force activation of Manifest V2All of this means that Brave will allow older extensions based on the standard to work as usual, even after Chrome stops supporting them in 2025.
However, Brave officials tell us that support for these will only be for a limited time, and not for all of them, which will disappear from Chrome. In case you don’t know yet, this is a change that Google plans to implement in its program starting next month. June 2025Those interested in continuing to use these extensions based on Manifest V2 will be able to switch to this other browser to continue using them without problems, although this will not last forever.