The majority of browser users are content with whatever search engine their browser has by default, and that means most new Brave users will continue using Brave’s search.

Making the change to use such a fledgling search engine as the default is a big move for Brave. READ MORE: How to change Brave’s search engine to your preferred search provider It does use Bing results occasionally when it can’t find enough relevant queries of its own. Brave says they’ll be switching more countries over in the coming months.īrave launched its own privacy-focused, non-tracking search engine earlier this year, which uses its own index of the internet so it’s not sending data to anyone else in most cases. That makes Brave search replace Google if you live in the US, UK, or Canada, Qwant for French users, and DuckDuckGo for German users. The change will only affect new Brave users, and won’t change anyone’s existing choices. Brave browser is taking the brave step to use its own, privacy-focused search engine by default when using the address bar to search.

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