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Add Brazil, Mexico, and Spain to Brave News "Default Enabled" list

See original GitHub issue

If the user has the following OS language and region set, then Brave News should start to show by default (new and existing users, unless the user has enabled and disabled Brave News from NTP).

es_ES es_MX pt_BR

The user should see content from that region.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 10 months ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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petemillcommented, Nov 11, 2022

All ja and en users are already default-enabled.

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MadhaviSeelamcommented, Nov 18, 2022

Verification PASSED using

Brave | 1.46.109 Chromium: 107.0.5304.110 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 2a558545ab7e6fb8177002bf44d4fc1717cb2998-refs/branch-heads/5304@{#1202}
OS | Windows 11 Version 21H2 (Build 22000.1219)

Test Case 1: Region: es_ES - `PASSED`

Pre-requisite:

Set OS language - Espanol (Espana)
Set region: Spain

OS	region

Case 1: Existing User - `PASSED`

Install 1.46.99
launch Brave
clicked on Personalizar
clicked Brave News
Enabled Mostrar Brave News in the Personalizar el Dashboard
close the |Personalizar el Dashboard| modal
click Mostrar Brave News on the new’tab page
Brave news feed displayed as expected (i.e. First article was from ABC News)
close the browser
Upgrade to 1.46.109
launch Brave
click Personalizar>>Brave news
Popular section shows Spain region specific sources EL PAIS, Diarioi AS
closed the modal
scroll thru the feed
confirmed US articles replaced by Spain region’s Spanish news articles from ABC News
open NTP and open brave://flags
confirmed #brave'news'v2 set as default in brave://flags

step 1	step 3	step 5	step 7	step 8	step 10	step 13	step 16	step 18

Case 2: New User - `PASSED`

Installed 1.46.109
open new-tab page
click on Activar las Noticias sobre Brave to opt-in to Brave news
scroll thru the Brave news feed
Spanish region specific article displayed on the first card i.e. from 20 minutes
clicked on Personalize
Popular section shows region specific sources i.e. EL PAIS, Diario AS
open NTP and open brave://flags
confirmed #brave'news'v2 shows as default in brave://flags
click follow on El Mundo
confirmed article from El Mundo displayed upon refresh

step 1	step 3	step 5	step 7	step 9	step 10	step 11

Test Case 2: Region: es_MX - `PASSED`

Pre-requisite:

Set OS language - Espanol (Mexico)
Set region: Mexico

Case 1: Existing User - `PASSED`

Install 1.46.99
launch Brave
clicked on Personalizar on new'tab page
clicked Brave News
Enabled Brave news in the Panel personalizado
close the Panel personalizado| modal
clicked Mostrar Brave News
Brave news feed displayed as expected (i.e. First article was from New York Times)
close the browser
Upgrade to 1.46.109
launch Brave
click Personalizar>>Brave news
Popular section shows region specific sources EL PAÍS Edición América, Xataka
closed both modals
scroll thru the feed
Brave News was enabled in NTP as expected
confirmed US articles replaced by Mexico region’s Spanish news articles Milenio
open NTP and opened brave://flags
confirmed #brave'news'v2 set as default in brave://flags

step 1	step 3	step 5	step 7	step 8	step 10	step 13	step 17	step 19

Case 2: New User - `PASSED`

Installed 1.46.109
open new-tab page
click on Activar las Noticias sobre Brave to opt-in to Brave news
scroll thru the Brave news feed
Mexico region specific article displayed on the first card i.e. from Milenio
clicked on Personalize
Popular section shows region specific sources i.e. |EL PAÍS Edición América|Xataka
clicked X to close the dialog
clicked on the first news article Imperante .....
Article rendered on the same tab
clicked back arrow to return to news feed
clicked on Personalize
confirmed Brave news dialog displayed Milenio source in Sugerencias as expected
open NTP and open brave://flags
confirmed #brave'news'v2 set as default in brave://flags

step 1	step 3	step 5	step 7	step 10	step 13	step 15

Test Case 3: Region: pt_BR - `PASSED`

Pre-requisite:

Set OS language - Português(Brasil)
Set region: Brasil

OS	region

Case 1: Existing user/Upgrade - `PASSED`

Install 1.46.99
launch Brave
clicked on Personalizar on the new-tab page
clicked Brave News
Enabled Mostrar Brave News in the Personalizar painel
closed (X) the dialog
clicked Mostrar Brave News on the new’tab page to opt-in to the Brave News
Brave news feed displayed as expected (i.e. First article was from Daily Mail)
closed the browser
upgraded to 1.46.109
launched Brave
clicked Personalizar>>Brave news
confirmed new Brave UI with Popular section shows region specific sources
Brave News was enabled in new-tab page
closed the modal
scroll thru the feed
confirmed US articles replaced by Brasil region’s Português news articles - i.e CNN Brasil & VOL
open new-tab page and visit brave://flags
confirmed #brave'news'v2 shows as default in `brave://flags

step 1	step 3	step 5	step 7	step 8	step 10	step 13	step 17	step 19

Case 2: New user/Fresh Install - `PASSED`

Installed 1.46.109
launch Brave
open new-tab page
click on Activar Noticias Brave to opt-in to Brave news
scroll thru the Brave news feed
confirmed Brazil region specific article displayed on the first card i.e. from Terra
clicked on Personalize
confirmed Popular section shows region specific sources i.e. UOL, Canaltech
open NTP and open brave://flags
confirmed #brave'news'v2 flag shows as default in brave://flags
click follow on Canaltech
confirmed article from Canaltech loaded