What’s New in
DuckDuckGo
We're constantly making improvements to our product. Every quarter, we’ll post the best of our most recent updates here.
Q2 2024
Improved Anonymized Location Menu
We made it easier to view and change your anonymous local search area — right within the Maps Instant Answer! If you have our privacy-protecting location services enabled, you’ll see your anonymized location above the map when you search for something near you. Refresh, disable, or manually set a custom location by clicking Update Location.
Improved Local Search Results
Local results for popular business categories like movie theaters, urgent care centers, libraries, veterinarians and more are now more relevant, to help you find what you need in your immediate area.
Bugfixes and Improvements for Maps
We fixed several bugs in the expanded map view, including one that caused certain Directions searches to return no results when “Your Location” was the origin or destination. We also made the Maps user experience more consistent across all platforms.
Private Autocomplete Suggestions for Recently Visited Sites
Recent searches and websites from your browsing history will appear as autocomplete suggestions when searching in the browser. To protect your privacy, recent sites are only stored on your device and can be cleared with the Fire Button. You can opt out of recently visited sites in search suggestions by going to Settings > Private Search.
Updated Browser Settings
We redesigned our settings menu to make it easier to view and manage built-in privacy protections.
New Navigation Gestures
You can now navigate between browser tabs using swipe gestures.
Increased Dark Mode Coverage
View any website in dark mode, regardless of whether the site offers it with this new setting. You have the option to use this setting if your Theme is set to “Dark” in DuckDuckGo or if you pick “System theme” and Dark Mode is also enabled for your device.
Private Autocomplete Suggestions for Recently Visited Sites
Recent searches and websites from your browsing history will appear as autocomplete suggestions when searching in the browser. To protect your privacy, recent sites are only stored on your device and can be cleared with the Fire Button. You can opt out of recently visited sites in search suggestions by going to Settings > Private Search.
Picture-in-Picture for Duck Player
Click the picture-in-picture button on your video in Duck Player to pop out a mini-player.
Password Management Improvements
Importing passwords from other browsers and password managers is now more streamlined. We also made it even easier to save and update passwords as you browse, via the optional Passwords address bar shortcut. Manage saved passwords, identities, payment methods, and more from Settings > Passwords & Autofill.
Persistent Page Zoom for Individual Websites
If you zoom in or out on individual websites, the browser will automatically remember your preferences and apply the same magnification level the next time you visit those sites. Your preferences are saved locally and will be reset when you use the Fire Button.
Improved Tab Management
You can now duplicate and batch-close tabs. Right-click a tab to access the new options from the context menu. We also added more preferences for new tab behavior in Settings > General > Tabs, letting you decide how links will open and where new tabs will appear.
Bookmark All Tabs
Bookmark all your open tabs in one step. Find this option in the […] menu under Bookmarks > Bookmark All Tabs.
Trusted URL Indicator
Look for our trusted URL indicator on web pages and dashboards that are part of DuckDuckGo, including: Settings, Bookmarks, Duck Player, Personal Information Removal, and other browser pages. The DuckDuckGo logo in your URL bar lets you know you’re on a legitimate page.
Improved Privacy for Fire Windows
Fire Windows now provide protection from screen captures and recordings, content-sharing apps like Zoom, and screen readers. When you play audio or video content in Fire Windows, it will not be shown in the “Now Playing” section of the Control Center.
Picture-in-Picture for Duck Player
Click the picture-in-picture button on your video in Duck Player to pop out a mini-player.
Password Management Improvements
We made several improvements to the password management experience, including the ability to pin a Passwords shortcut to your toolbar and a “Never Save for This Site” option when prompted to save logins.
Bookmark and Favorites Improvements
Add and manage Favorites directly from the New Tab page and create new folders when adding or editing Bookmarks.
Spell Check Support
The browser now supports spell check in all editable fields within the browser content view (i.e., websites). Misspelled words will be automatically highlighted and you can use the context menu to see spelling suggestions and select a replacement.
Localized Autofill Prompts
Extension users on Chrome and Firefox can now see autofill prompts — for Email Protection, password management, and more — in all platform-supported languages.
More Server Locations
We added 23 new server locations to the DuckDuckGo VPN so you can choose from a total of 36 locations across 20 countries.
Custom DNS for iOS, Mac, and Android
Switch between the default DuckDuckGo DNS resolvers and a custom DNS resolver of your choosing in VPN Settings > Advanced Settings.
VPN Widget for iOS
Add the iOS VPN widget to quickly connect or disconnect and view your VPN connection status at a glance.
Automatically Pause VPN During Wi-Fi Calls on Android
This new setting helps avoid dropped calls by temporarily snoozing the DuckDuckGo VPN for the duration of any Wi-Fi calls, and automatically restoring your VPN connection afterward.
Improvements to Initial Scans
The first scan after sign-up or after a profile update now completes faster.
Launched DuckDuckGo AI Chat
We introduced AI Chat — an anonymous way to access popular AI chatbots. We currently offer access to Open AI’s GPT-4o mini, Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku, and open-source models Meta Llama 3 70B and Mistral’s Mixtral 8x7B, with more to come. Chats are private, anonymized by us, and not used to train AI models. Completely separate from DuckDuckGo Private Search, this optional feature is free to use within a daily limit, and can easily be switched off.
Find DuckDuckGo AI Chat at duck.ai, duckduckgo.com/chat, on your search results page via the Chat tab, or by using the !ai and !chat bang shortcuts, which all take you to the same place.