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| Use our search engine | https://search.brave.com |
Bandwidth consumed:
Brave used up to 34% less inbound data and 55% less outbound data than DuckDuckGo, and up to 16% less inbound and 51% less outbound than the other browsers.
Our browser minimizes data usage by blocking unwanted requests.
Page load speed:
Brave consistently outperforms the other browsers in this test.
Brave has the fastest overall load time distribution, and loaded over 80% of the pages in less than 2.5 seconds.
RAM:
Brave uses, on average, 31.1% less memory than DuckDuckGo, 9.8% than Edge, and 40.1% than Firefox.
Brave's RAM usage is 4.6% higher than Chrome. This gap is mainly due to our native ad and tracker blocking. We're working to lower this memory usage.
Battery and CPU:
Brave uses 3.9% less energy than Chrome, Edge, and Firefox and 5.5% less CPU on average.
It uses 23.7% less energy and 17.6% less CPU than DuckDuckGo. On review, we found a resource management issue in DDG that we shared with its team: https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/6433
Split view is here! š
You can now look at two websites side-by-side in the browser.
Really handy with tasks like...
šļø Comparing two products
ā¾ļø Reading stats while watching sports
#ā£ Monitoring your social feeds
š³ Taking notes on a cooking video
Here's how to use it:
A) Right-click a tab and select "New split view."
B) Right-click a link and select "Open link in split view."
C) Select two tabs, right-click and choose "Open in split view."
Weāve also upped the device limit for subscriptions! Your subscription now covers up to 10 devices across Android, iOS and desktop rather than five.
The redesigned account portal on desktop introduces cost-saving annual subscriptions as well: https://account.brave.com
The newest update adds hundreds of new servers across over 40 countries and regions for our VPN.
An upgraded interface lets users on the latest version of Brave choose servers down to the city level.
Braveās built-in VPN was updated on desktop and mobile with new features and improvements!
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Brave's newest AI feature is Bring Your Own Model!
BYOM, now live in Brave Nightly, lets you connect Brave's AI assistant Leo to your own local or remote AI models for added customization and privacy.
Leo, Braveās in-browser AI assistant, now uses real-time Brave Search results in its answers!
This helps Leo provide more accurate and up-to-date responses, especially around current events.
