

The browser was released on 19 April 2022 via an announcement on Twitter.

The Browser Company has employees who have previously worked at other technology firms, including Instagram, Tesla, Medium and Google.

However, most reviewers agreed that the browser needed polishing before it could be a "perfect" browser.Īrc was designed by The Browser Company, a startup company from New York City founded by Josh Miller and Hursh Agrawal in 2019. Critics gave Arc a generally positive reception, citing the new ideas and features the browser presents. It supports Chrome browser extensions, as well as uses Google Search by default.Īrc has received coverage from several technology media outlets, including The Verge, Ars Technica, How-To Geek and Engadget. Arc is based on Chromium and is written in Swift. The sidebar contains all of the browser's functionality besides the browsing window. As opposed to almost all other browsers, Arc uses vertical tabs (which can be found in a sidebar). These include a virtual notepad, a scrapbook-style "easel", and "boosts", a feature that lets users cosmetically redesign a website in a similar way to browser extensions. Īrc aims to act as an operating system for the web and tries to integrate web browsing with built-in applications and features.
CHROMIUM VS CHROME ARCH WINDOWS
A Microsoft Windows version of the browser is in development, and is expected to be released in December 2023. Arc is available for use on macOS and iOS. It was released on 19 April 2022 after having undergone a closed beta test. Arc is a freeware web browser developed by The Browser Company, a startup company founded by Josh Miller and Hursh Agrawal.
