Brave Search Now Available in Beta as Privacy-Protecting Search Engine Alternative to Google

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Brave, the browser which has gained momentum and popularity in recent years, is taking another leap forward in its quest to offer users a more private and secure internet experience. Starting today, Brave browser users will have access to Brave Search in beta, a completely new search engine that offers “unmatched privacy.”

Brave Search was announced last March, and since its announcement, it’s been tested by more than 100,000 users. Brave, which prides itself on being a “browser reimagined,” recently surpassed 32 million monthly active users and is hoping that Brave Search will further its role in the browser market.

Brave Search beta is available to all Brave browser users on iOS, Android, and desktop starting today. At first, users will need to manually select Brave Search as their search engine option, alongside other choices such as Google and Bing. However, Brave Search will become the default and standard search engine for the Brave browser later this year.

Unlike Google and others, Brave Search doesn’t track users, their searches, or clicks. Instead, Brave Search “puts users first, and fully in control of their online experience.” The “completely independent” search engine also promises full transparency, with “no secret methods or algorithms for bias results,” and soon will roll out “community-curated open ranking models to ensure diversity and prevent algorithmic biases” and censorship.

Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave, says the new search engine is the “real alternative” to Big Tech, such as Google, and that it offers a new way for users to securely and privately browse the web without the worry of their privacy.

Unlike older search engines that track and profile users, and newer search engines that are mostly a skin on older engines and don’t have their own indexes, Brave Search offers a new way to get relevant results with a community-powered index, while guaranteeing privacy. Brave Search fills a clear void in the market today as millions of people have lost trust in the surveillance economy and actively seek solutions to be in control of their data.

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