The developers of the popular privacy-focused browser Brave have officially announced that they will replace Google as the default search engine with Brave Search. Starting October 19, users who first install the Brave browser on their devices will search for information on the Internet using the company’s own default search engine. The changes initially affect the US, Canada and the UK. In France, Brave Search also replaces Qwant, and in Germany, DuckDuckGo. More regions will be added in the next few months.
According to the company, the search engine Brave Search is developed with an independent index, does not track user actions, their requests and clicks on links. This should ensure the confidentiality of the data. Existing Brave users will not change their default search engine. The changes are available in the desktop version of the Brave browser 1.31, as well as in the application for Android (version 1.31) and for iOS (version 1.32).
Despite the fact that users can select any other search engine in the browser at any time, the developers hope that most of them will not. Brave Search is currently not showing ads, but this week the company announced plans to monetize its search. The free version will soon receive ad support, but with this there will be a Premium version without it.
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