Firefox Beta and Developer Edition
Release Notes

Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.

106.0beta Firefox Beta

September 20, 2022

Version 106.0beta, first offered to Beta channel users on September 20, 2022

Firefox Beta gets updated 3 times a week and as a consequence, the release notes for the Beta channel are updated continuously to reflect features that have reached sufficient maturity to benefit from community feedback and bug reports.

Warning: Features listed here may or may not make a final release of Firefox.

In addition to these release notes, you can follow ongoing development via our @FirefoxBeta Twitter account.

New

  • The PDF viewer allows text writing, drawing and signature.

  • Swipe to navigate (two fingers on a touch pad swiped left or right to perform history back or forward) on Linux for users on Wayland.

Developer

Web Platform

  • A major upgrade to our WebRTC capabilities (libwebrtc library upgraded from version 86 to 103) brings multiple improvements:

    • Better screen sharing for Windows and Linux Wayland users.
    • Lower CPU usage and increased frame rates during WebRTC screen capture on macOS.
    • RTP performance and reliability improvements.
    • Richer statistics.
    • Cross-browser and service compatibility improvements.

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