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Watch the World Cup with fewer ads

The Brave browser blocks ads, trackers, and other YouTube annoyances. It also brings custom playback features that upgrade your YouTube experience…for free.

The Brave browser is available on Linux, macOS and Windows. You can also try Brave Origin for a streamlined, premium browser experience.

Or download directly from the Windows store:

Download on Microsoft Store

Built for real football fans

  • Ad, pop-up & tracker blocking on the sites you visit
  • Block ads on football videos and highlights on YouTube
  • Faster page loads on score, news & live-blog sites. Less mobile data used while you follow the match

Optional YouTube settings

  • Automatic high-quality playback (iOS only)
  • Block recommended content (Android and iOS)
  • Block distracting elements (Android and iOS)
  • Block Shorts
  • Block auto-dubbed videos
  • Block thumbnails
  • Background play with lockscreen controls
  • Block members-only videos

Brave Browser + the World Cup streaming on mobile

Brave is also available as a fast, free, secure browser for your mobile devices. Follow every World Cup match with a built-in ad blocker that’s optimized for mobile data and battery life savings.

Interested in trying other versions of Brave?

New features are typically introduced in Nightly first. After we’ve worked out the kinks we next move features to the Beta build for final checks, then finally merge into the full Release version.