We took Brave Search out for a spin in June, and again today (Oct. Users who want to avoid ads will have to pay an undisclosed amount. However, Brave Search reserves the right to show ads like Google does, although it isn't doing so yet. In a statement of principles posted online in June, Brave promised that Brave Search would not track or profile users, would use its own search engine whenever possible (it reaches out to Bing and Google when it has to) and would be transparent about its search algorithms and ranking systems. '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.'Įich co-founded Mozilla and created JavaScript previously in his career, and was briefly CEO of Mozilla until it became known he'd contributed to a California political campaign opposing same-sex marriage.īack in June 2021 when Brave Search entered public beta testing, Eich told Tom's Guide that the new search engine was designed to be 'the first multi-platform, private, browser/search alternative to the Big Tech platforms.'

'As we know from experience in many browsers, the default setting is crucial for adoption,' Brave CEO Brendan Eich said.

A drop-down menu at the top of the page lets you choose your search engine.

On the resulting page, click 'Search engine' in the left-hand navigation bar. To set Brave Search as your default search engine in the Brave Browser, tap the three vertical lines at the top right of the browser window and scroll down to and click Settings.

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