The search engine selected as the browser default is a useful advertising strategy, and it is so essential that it has become a major target of antitrust inquiry. It’s a big milestone for Brave’s nascent search engine, which debuted in public beta earlier this year because most users simply accept what they’re offered.

In the following months, more nations will be turned over. Brave Search will take the position of Google in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, as well as Qwant in France and DuckDuckGo in Germany. The update will influence which search engine is utilized via the browser’s address bar for new users.

Brave is introducing a new opt-in method for users to submit data and help improve its search results.īrave, the privacy-focused browser that disables third-party advertisements and trackers by default, has announced that it will utilize its own search engine by default.

Brave says that as of September 2021, their browser had almost 40 million monthly active users.

Brave has announced that it will utilize its own search engine by default.

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