Quick Tip: How To Receive Brave Ads On Mobile -- Even When The Browser Is Not In Use

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4 years ago

TLDR

You can receive Brave ads on your smartphone and collect those sweet BAT -- even when you are not using Brave. The option has to be enabled manually, because by default -- it is turned off!

(In case you haven't heard of Brave before, scroll down to the bottom.)

The Problem

Many people -- including me -- know how to activate Brave rewards. (In case you don't know how to activate Brave rewards, see below.)

Brave rewards will show you privacy respecting ads and will share a part of the ad revenue with you. You get paid in BAT which you can use to tip content creators or which you can have transferred automatically to an Uphold wallet for hodling or for converting to other currency.

However, what many people -- including me until recently -- do not know is: There is a setting that allows you to receive ads even when you are not using Brave. I can confirm that it works (at least on Android 10, let me know in the comments if that works on other versions or on iOS as well). So here is how to activate it:

"Show Ads When Brave Is Not In Use"

The somewhat hidden option is called "Show ads when Brave is not in use". Here is how to activate it:

0. Open the Brave mobile browser.
1. Tap on the three dots in your navigation bar.
2. Navigate to "Settings".
3. Scroll down to "Brave Rewards".
4. There you find "Show ads when Brave is not in use". Just activate it by flipping the switch.

Be warned, however, that the ads might cause notifications at any time of the day. So either adjust your Brave notifications to be silent or use Android's "Do Not Disturb" Mode while you are in meetings or at sleep, etc.

How To Activate Brave Rewards

0. Open the Brave mobile browser.
1. Tap on the three dots in your navigation bar.
2. Navigate to "Brave Rewards".
3. Make sure "Brave Rewards" and "Ads" are checked.
4. Tap on "View Details".
5. Tap on the icon to the right of "Settings".
6. A new window opens. Adjust the maximum number of ads you want to see in one hour.

In order to receive ads, you will have to set your device's location to one of the following (see ressource 1):