Getting started with Brave browserīefore you dive straight into the wonderful world of cat gifs and Reddit, it’s worth spending a few minutes setting everything up, for a smoother, more fully-featured experience. Treat your eyes to darker menus and UI layouts, and you’ll never want to go back to the world of piercing white screens ever again. Thankfully Brave also has a built-in dark mode, which we’d strongly recommend regardless of what device you’re using it on.

Given the basic nature of web browsers in general, you won’t struggle with navigation if you’re coming from another browser either. That’s no coincidence-Brave is built on top of the open-source Chromium web browser that Google’s own Chrome is based on.įrom a UI and ease of use standpoint, that means the switch to Brave is essentially a painless one for existing Chrome users, with everything situated where you’d expect it to be. The first time you fire up Brave on either its mobile or desktop iterations, you’ll be hard-pressed to spot any difference if you’re coming from Chrome. Design and UX: Familiar to Chrome users Brave's look and feel is immediately familiar to Chrome users. Is it fast? Does it have all the features you need? Is it good enough to replace Chrome?

We’ve put Brave through its paces to see what it’s really like to use as a daily driver. The service is optional, and you’re more than welcome to leave all ads blocked and turned off if you wish. The company’s ad network, which launched in November 2019, provides users with an option to watch these anonymous ads, before being paid in BAT.

That’s right: Brave users can actually earn revenue in the form of Basic Attention Token (BAT) by opting to view anonymous, privacy-preserving ads.

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