Mozilla Publishes Firefox Roadmap With Nova Redesign, Mobile VPN, and HDR Support as Browser Loses Market Share
Mozilla has released a new Firefox roadmap that highlights upcoming features in productivity, privacy, performance, and AI.
Firefox News
Firefox news covers Mozilla browser releases, privacy enhancements, extension ecosystem changes, security patches, and rendering engine updates. Ghacks reports on how Firefox competes within the browser market and how updates affect performance, compatibility, and user control.
Latest Firefox News
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Firefox Built-In VPN Goes Unlimited and Adds 28 Countries Through August 31
Mozilla is temporarily lifting the bandwidth cap on Firefox's free built-in VPN, giving eligible users unlimited browsing through August 31.
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Mozilla Adds Web Serial Support to Firefox 151 With Adafruit Hardware Collaboration
Mozilla has added support for the Web Serial API in Firefox on desktop with the release of Firefox 151.
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Firefox 151 Launches With VPN Location Selection, Expanded Mobile AI Controls, and Private Browsing Reset
Mozilla has released Firefox 151, introducing three notable updates for both desktop and mobile users.
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Firefox Gains 6 Million Users Since EU Browser Choice Screen Rules Took Effect
Since 2024, Firefox has gained 6 million users, mainly due to browser choice screens introduced under the EU Digital Markets Act, according to data from The Reg
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Firefox 151 Adds Server Location Selection to Built-In VPN With Five Countries at Launch
Firefox 151, set to be released on May 19, will include a new feature that allows users to select server locations within the browser's built-in VPN, according
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Firefox Adds Shake to Summarise AI Feature to iOS in the UK, With Android Support Planned
Mozilla has introduced Shake to Summarise for Firefox on iOS in the United Kingdom.
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 149 With Split View And Security Improvements
Mozilla has launched Firefox 149, bringing new multitasking features, interface updates, and security improvements, according to the company’s announcemen
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Firefox Update Brings Built-In VPN, Split View, and More User Controls
Mozilla has announced a major Firefox update rolling out over the next several weeks, with Firefox 149 scheduled to release on March 24.
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Firefox Adds AI Controls Menu to Disable or Manage AI Features
Mozilla has introduced a new AI Controls section in the latest desktop version of Firefox, allowing users to disable AI features entirely or manage them individ
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Firefox 148 Lets You Block All Built-In AI Features
Mozilla is preparing a significant update for Firefox, giving users a simple way to disable every generative AI feature in the 148 browser build.
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New Firefox 147 Is Now Available For Download
Mozilla has released Mozilla Firefox 147, making the update available ahead of its official announcement scheduled for January 13, 2026.
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Firefox adds AI, but Mozilla Promises a Full Off Switch
Mozilla has confirmed that Firefox is moving toward deeper AI integration, following a leadership change that puts artificial intelligence at the center of the
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Firefox 146 lets Windows 10 users backup their data, brings fractional scaled displays on Wayland
Mozilla has released the Firefox 146.
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How to block notifications for good in popular web browsers
All modern web browsers support notifications, also known as push notifications.
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These two tweaks should improve Firefox's performance on YouTube significantly
As a user of the open source Firefox web browser, you may have noticed that some services and websites do not perform as good as on a Chromium-based browser.
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Firefox is adding support for a feature, that users requested since 2004
Mozilla's Firefox web browser has a rich history.
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Mozilla explains its AI strategy for Firefox and the browser's new AI Window feature
Traditional web browser makers have started to integrate AI into their browsers.
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Firefox 145 ships with a handy tab group improvement, MKV support and better fingerprinting protection
Mozilla has released a new stable version of its open source Firefox web browser a moment ago.
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Firefox gets some new fingerprint protections
Mozilla is strengthening Firefox's fingerprint protections.
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AI warning for Steam is a browser extension that tells you if a game has AI generated content
Want to find out whether a game on Steam has AI generated content? The AI warning for Steam browser extension is perfect for that.
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Firefox 144.0.2 is out: fixes a crash, bugs, and security issues
Mozilla released a new point update for its open source Firefox web browser today.
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Firefox may soon display search results directly in the address bar
Mozilla is improving the search suggestions in Firefox.
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Firefox Extensions need to disclose data collecting starting November 3, 2025
Browser extensions extend the functionality of a web browser or the displayed websites and apps.
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Two new tab widgets are now available in Firefox Labs: Lists and Focus Timer
Mozilla is introducing 2 new widgets in Firefox's new tabs.
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Firefox 144.0 is out with new profile management, tab group improvements, and security fixes
Mozilla releases Firefox 144.
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Firefox VPN: Browser-only, free VPN tested by Mozilla
Mozilla is currently testing a free, browser-only VPN directly within Firefox, designed to encrypt and route only browser traffic through Mozilla-managed server
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Mozilla to roll out Firefox's new profile management menu from next week
Mozilla has announced that it will begin rolling out profile management in Firefox next week.
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Firefox add-on developers may roll back all users to earlier versions of their extensions now
For many users, a key feature of web browsers is the ability to install add-ons.
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Mozilla Firefox 143.0 adds support for Progressive Web Apps, Copilot on sidebar, Important dates in the address bar
Mozilla has released Firefox 143.
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Firefox for iOS will summarize web pages when you shake your iPhone
Mozilla has announced a new feature for Firefox on iOS.
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Firefox to end support for 32-bit Linux in 2026
Mozilla has announced that it will end support for Firefox on 32-bit Linux systems in 2026.
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Chrome Mask: Make Firefox appear as Chrome with a single click
Life as a Firefox user can be quite difficulty on today's Internet.
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Firefox Nightly now lets you access Microsoft Copilot from the sidebar
Mozilla is testing a new feature in Firefox Nightly, which adds Microsoft Copilot to the sidebar.
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Mozilla extends Firefox ESR 115 support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, macOS 10.12 to 10.14 until March 2026
There is some good news for Firefox ESR 115 users on older operating systems.
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Firefox supports Progressive Web Apps on Windows
Firefox PWA refers to the capability of using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), websites that act like installed, standalone desktop applications within the Firefox
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Firefox 142 ships with Tracking Protection, Tab Groups, and Extensions improvements
Mozilla released Firefox 142 Stable as well as various supported Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) updates today.
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Enhancer for YouTube Firefox possibly discontinued due to problems with Mozilla's review process [Updated]
UPDATE: I reached out to the developer of Enhancer for YouTube, Max, who responded to my request.
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Firefox users say that Smart Tab Grouping is using too much CPU, battery
Mozilla released Firefox 141 last month, and with it came an AI-powered feature to organize tabs.
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Mozilla warns about phishing campaign that targets Firefox add-on developers
Mozilla has warned developers that a phishing campaign is targeting the AMO (addons.
