Update search engine defaults for AT / ES / MX
See original GitHub issueDescription
Update search engine defaults for:
- Austria (AT)
- Spain (ES)
- Mexico (MX)
Brave should be at the top of drop down list at brave://settings/search
Related: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/18331
Test plan
Region set to AT / ES / MX
- Fresh profile
- Search onboarding should NOT be shown
- Default search engine SHOULD be Brave
- Visit brave://settings/searchEngines
- Brave SHOULD be first in the
Default search engineslist
Region set to anything else (excluding CA / DE / FR / GB / US)
- Fresh profile
- Search onboarding SHOULD be shown
- Default will NOT be Brave Search
- Visit brave://settings/searchEngines
- Brave SHOULD be first in the
Default search engineslist - unless you’re in a region where Yandex is default (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM, UZ). In that case it will be second.
Issue Analytics
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- Created a year ago
- Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)
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@brave/qa-team as discussed with @rebron, we don’t need to run through each locale like I did via https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/14177#issuecomment-1195042499 on Nightly before uplifted. On each platform, we can check the following:
AT,ESorMXCA,DE,FR,GBorUSBrave Searchisn’t default and the search screen is still visible viabrave://welcomeduring onboarding.Please coordinate so we’re not doing the same locales twice when verifying via
1.42.x.Verification passed on
ES (Spain) locale
Case #1- https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908brave://welcome
Using the STR/Cases outlined via https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908#issue-1296549984 and ensured that the
Set default search engine screenwas removed frombrave://welcomeas per the following:Case #2- https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23814Clean Profile
Bravewas selected as the default for both Normal/Private windows viabrave://settings/searchBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsBravewas selected as the default viabrave://settings/searchEnginesUpdated Profile (Google/Google)
1.41.xGooglewas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/search1.42.xand ensured thatGoogleis still the default SE in both Normal and Private windows SEBraveBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindows1.41.x

1.42.x

Updated Profile (Startpage/DDG)
1.41.xStartpagewas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/search1.42.xand ensured that previously selected SE is still the default for both Normal and Private windowsBraveBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsUpdated Profile (Ecosia/Qwant)
1.41.xEcosiawas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/search1.42.xand ensured that previously selected SE is still the default for both Normal and Private windowsBraveBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsAs per https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908, ensured that locales from CA / DE / FR / GB / US are not displaying the Set default search engine screen via brave://welcome (onboarding).
de locale
Case #1- https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908brave://welcome
Using the STR/Cases outlined via https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908#issue-1296549984 and ensured that the
Set default search engine screenwas removed frombrave://welcomeas per the following:Case #2- https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23814Clean Profile
Bravewas selected as the default for both Normal/Private windows viabrave://settings/searchBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsBravewas selected as the default viabrave://settings/searchEnginesUpdated Profile (Brave/Brave)
1.41.xBravewas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/search1.42.xand ensured thatBraveis still the default SEBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsUpdated Profile (DDG/Startpage)
1.41.xDDGwas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/searchEnginesforNormalwindows and1.42.xand ensured that previously selected SE is still the default for both Normal and Private windowsBraveBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindows1.41.x
1.42.x

Checking to ensure that locales that don’t have Brave Search as the default and still have the Set default search engine screen screen via brave://welcome (onboarding) are working as expected.
PL locale
Case #1- https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908brave://welcome
Using the STR/Cases outlined via https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23908#issue-1296549984 and ensured that the
Set default search engine screenwas not removed frombrave://welcomeas per the following:Case #2- https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23814Clean Profile
Googlewas selected as the default for both Normal/Private windows viabrave://settings/searchBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsGooglewas selected as the default viabrave://settings/searchEnginesUpdated Profile (Google/Google)
1.41.xGooglewas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/search1.42.xand ensured thatGoogleis still the default SE in both Normal and Private window SEBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindowsUpdated Profile (Qwant/Bing)
1.41.xQwantwas the default SE selected underbrave://settings/search1.42.xand ensured that previously selected SE is still the default for both Normal and Private windowsBraveBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforNormalwindowsBravewas the first engine via the drop down list underbrave://settings/searchforPrivatewindows1.41.x
1.42.x
