DuckDuckGo is the company behind the eponymous search engine, which privacy user focuses on protecting . Although it started with this search engine, the company has slowly expanded into other areas. There is already a mobile browser with built-in privacy protection , email filters and more. Now it seems that DuckDuckGo has announced that it will also bring a desktop web browser with an emphasis on privacy.
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DuckDuckGo has announced that it is working on a desktop web browser to complement the existing DuckDuckGo apps, which are already available on iOS and Android . The company’s post states: “ just like we did with mobile, DuckDuckGo for desktop will redefine users’ expectations for privacy while using the web every day .” The browser will come with “ no complicated settings, no misleading warnings, no ‘layers’ of privacy protection .” The company simply promises “ strong privacy protections” by default , across search, browsing, email, and more. According to the company, it is not a “privacy browser.” It is an everyday browsing app that respects users’ privacy , as it does not allow anyone to spy on their search and browsing history.
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Like the mobile app, the DuckDuckGo desktop browser will feature a “Fire” button, which instantly deletes all browsing history, cached data, and tabs with one click.
The DuckDuckGo desktop browser won’t be based on Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome, like most popular alternative browsers (including Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi). Instead, it will use the rendering engine provided by the operating system it’s based on, just like its existing mobile apps — which should be Edge Chromium (WebView2) on Windows and WebKit (Safari) on macOS. DuckDuckGo says that “early testing has found it to be significantly faster” than Chrome, but it won’t have as many features as Chrome or Edge.
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The company didn't say when the desktop browser would officially launch, but DuckDuckGo's Twitter account said: "We can't wait for what's to come in 2022." The browser appears to be currently in closed beta testing on macOS, but a tweet from CEO Gabriel Weinberg suggests that DuckDuckGo is also preparing it for Windows.
Source: www.xda-developers.com
