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  • Brave crashes before first run on Pixel 7 from GitHub release

Trying to run Brave downloaded from GitHub releases and launching on Pixel 7 immediately crashes. It correctly launches without crash when installed from Google Play Store. It looks like it might be related to Pixel 7 dropping support of non-64-bit apps, but I'm unsure.

The error is below:

type: crash
osVersion: google/panther/panther:13/TD1A.220804.031/2022110600:user/release-keys
package: com.brave.browser:414511623
process: com.brave.browser
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.brave.browser/org.chromium.chrome.browser.firstrun.WelcomeOnboardingActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Starting in 64-bit mode requires the 64-bit native library. If the device is 64-bit only, see alternatives here: https://crbug.com/1303857#c7.
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3677)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3814)
	at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:101)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2309)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7904)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ExecInit.main(ExecInit.java:49)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:355)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Starting in 64-bit mode requires the 64-bit native library. If the device is 64-bit only, see alternatives here: https://crbug.com/1303857#c7.
	at UN.c(chromium-MonochromePublic.apk-stable-414511623:90)
	at bg.onCreate(chromium-MonochromePublic.apk-stable-414511623:176)
	at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8341)
	at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8320)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1389)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3658)
	... 14 more