Mozilla has been dealing with its upgraded Firefox based upon nearly entirely reworded code for well over a year and has in reality currently published the update to the stable channel. In spite of being offered through the Play Store for a few people, the large bulk of Firefox for Android users are still on variation 68, which was very first launched back in 2019. Mozilla is finally wanting to change that and has actually revealed that it will begin rolling out the reworded release of Firefox extensively to everyone, however beware: Youll lose access to many of your add-ons in the upgrade procedure.
If you desire to get your hands on variation 79 today, you can likewise download it from APK Mirror. Must you currently run the new release and wish to roll back to the version that supports all Firefox add-ons, v68, you can grab it from APK Mirror, too. Simply bear in mind that it isnt supported any longer and hence more insecure than the all-new release, so I would not advise it for daily use.
At least another feature from the old Firefox will make it into the new version starting with v80, which is presently still in beta. Youll have the ability to long-press the back button to see the sites youve previously gone to, much like you can on Chrome. This only works when you utilize a button navigation system (theres no long-press for the Android 10+ back gesture), or if you hold down on the web browsers own back button.
The brand new Firefox will begin rolling out widely in Europe (Germany, France, and the UK, to be specific) on August 25 and in North America on August 27. Your use data like browsing history and bookmarks minus extensions will be moved immediately, but if you established a master password, youll require to disable it first to retain your saved logins.
Aside from that, the brand-new internet browser received some substantial enhancements compared to v68. Theres an all-new UI with user-selectable leading or bottom bars and dark mode assistance, there are privacy improvements in the kind of third-party cookie and content stopping, and lots of optimizations under the hood that must make searching the web much quicker.
We already complained about the doing not have extension assistance when the browser first struck stable at the end of July, and the situation hasnt changed ever since. You still just have access to a small selection of extensions in the start, specifically uBlock Origin, Dark Reader, HTTPS Everywhere, Privacy Badger, NoScript Security Suite, Decentraleyes, Search by Image, YouTube High Definition, and Privacy Possum. At least Mozilla assures that this will soon change, though it does sound like there will still just be a selection: “Were continually working on offering more add-on choice in the future that will seamlessly fit into Firefox for Android.”
Must you already run the brand-new release and want to roll back to the variation that supports all Firefox add-ons, v68, you can grab it from APK Mirror, too.
In spite of being readily available through the Play Store for a couple of individuals, the huge bulk of Firefox for Android users are still on variation 68, which was very first launched back in 2019. Mozilla is finally looking to change that and has actually announced that it will start rolling out the rewritten release of Firefox extensively to everybody, but beware: Youll lose access to many of your add-ons in the upgrade process.
Coming to you with variation 80 (currently in beta): long-press the back button for history.