After an open beta that rolled out last month, Arc Search is now available to all Android users. The Browser Company’s search engine — which describes itself as “the fastest way to search” — has been positioning itself as a better alternative to Chrome.
As The Verge reports, Arc Search not only blocks ads but also has an AI feature called “browse for me” that summarizes search results. In a September Decoder podcast interview, Browser Company CEO Josh Miller described Arc as a laptop-first search engine, but the company is clearly leaning in to mobile.
Over 100,000 Android users participated in the Arc beta, according to a press release. Arc says it’s fixed some of the issues that bothered users most during the beta test — as a result, the browser now has full support for Android 12, a voice search feature, landscape mode, and a cleaned-up incognito mode.
The Android launch is part of Arc’s larger transition to mobile search. The Browser Company initially released Arc as a Mac-only desktop browser, and launched a mobile version for iOS devices in January. Arc was released for Windows in April.
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