Brave Search, like DuckDuckGo, is working up to be an alternative to major search services like Google and Bing and is perfect for people who are concerned about data privacy (which should be all of us).īrave claims that the Brave Search does not collect IP addresses and does not use personal data to improve search results so the user remains anonymous. According to reports, Brave announced its own search engine earlier in March this year following the acquisition of Cliqz which is an anti-tracking browser with a built-in search engine. Now, it has rolled out the public beta version of the search engine through an official browser app and a new website. Unlike Google, whose entire business model is built on serving personalised ads, privacy-focused search engines such as DuckDuckGo and Brave only serve non-personalised, contextual ads.ĭuckDuckGo also released a lightweight mobile app on both Android and iOS last year, that focused on preventing cross-site tracking on the web.Brave, a privacy-focused web browser, has been testing its own search engine for a while now with a small bunch of invited users. The search engine currently does not display ads, but the company plans to display ads in the future on the free tier. Initially, the brave search engine will be available in five countries: Germany, the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom, while the Brave desktop browser version 1.31, Android browser version 1.31 and the iOS browser version 1.32 will ship with the new Brave search engine. Our users are pleased with the comprehensive privacy solution that Brave Search provides against Big Tech by being integrated into our browser,”
“Brave Search has grown significantly since its release last June, with nearly 80 million queries per month. “As we know from experience in many browsers, the default setting is crucial for adoption, and Brave Search has reached the quality and critical mass needed to become our default search option, and to offer our users a seamless privacy-by-default online experience,” said Brendan Eich, Co-founder and CEO of Brave in a statement. However, unlike Chrome, Brave has built up a reputation for being a privacy-focused browser. In a blog post, the company announced that the Brave Search-which was offered early this year as a public beta-will be set as the default search engine for new users who install the browser for the first time.Įxisting users will also be asked if they want to switch, while Google and other alternatives will continue to be available for users who don’t want to use Brave’s search engine.īrave is built on Chromium, which shares much of the core features with Google’s dominant Chrome browser.
Brave, one of the popular browsers that offer privacy-focused features has ditched Google as its default search engine for its own homegrown search engine.
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