SpeedReader removes unnecessary elements from a pages it recognises as articles and displays them in a simplified format. By default, SpeedReader is off. When you turn it on, the icon will change to red. From there, SpeedReader will stay on and only activate once it recognises a page to be an article.

Off

On, but not Active

On and Active on the current page

Currently, SpeedReader makes use of a whitelist to determine what articles to load and style.
Below is a list of all sites SpeedReader is compatible with:

Disable SpeedReader

If need be, you can disabled SpeedReader entirely and remove the icon. To disable SpeedReader, follow the instructions below.

1. In Brave, navigate to brave://flags
2. Search for speedreader and change the value from Default to Disabled
3. You will be prompted to relaunch Brave. When you are, click on the Relaunch button.