Hello everyone, I just have a quick question regarding Brave’s update mechanism on Windows. Brave installs two tasks for this purpose while I do not really understand their purpose. On the other hand, pretty much every other Browser I know does update automatically while using, usually there is an …

Not an answer, but somebody please also see this one that asks basically the same question, but asks for more detail: [image] Questions about Brave update internals Browser Support There is the Brave update program at C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update\BraveUpda…

Thanks for the link; actually I think even though the questions are not exactly the same, still I think they are rather similar such that someone who knows the details can easily answer both. Hopefully someone competent clarify these two :sunglasses:

Brave Update task on Windows

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Passenger November 6, 2021, 12:18am 2

Not an answer, but somebody please also see this one that asks basically the same question, but asks for more detail:

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