Brave Search is built on top of an independent index, and doesn’t track users, their searches, or their clicks,” Brave revealed in a blog post announcing the switch. The first countries to make the change are the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, where Google will be replaced by Brave Search as the default search engine. Meanwhile, France will switch from Qwant, whereas Germany will have DuckDuckGo replaced. Brave promised that more countries will see similar changes in the upcoming months. While existing Brave users will keep the search engines they’ve previously chosen as default, they can set up Brave Search as their default option manually. RELATED READING: 3 ways to browse the web anonymously Most other major browsers should also support Brave’s search engine offering. With the latest update of its browser across its desktop, iOS, and Android versions, Brave will automatically offer Brave Search as the default search option to new users. However, if they prefer, they can choose another search engine by navigating to the browser’s search engine settings. There is one caveat, though: while at the moment Brave Search isn’t displaying ads, its free version should be ad-supported soon. An ad-free Premium version is in the works, however. The company launched its search engine back in June as an alternative for more privacy-minded users. “Brave Search has grown significantly since its release last June, with nearly 80 million queries per month.
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