Firefox for Android Beta
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.
New
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New users will now have an entry point to sync from the History panel
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Come here often? We let you add frequently-visited sites to your home screen
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Stay in the loop! Get and control notifications for websites of your choice.
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Android Marshmallow/6+ peeps: We added a sweet action bar that floats near your selected text. No more traveling to the top of the screen!
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Video controls get a new look! Snazzy
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Want Firefox as your default? Of course you do. So we made it easier.
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Android media improvements:
- Record all the things! MediaRecorder on Android is now supported via software codecs
- Better Audible playback FTW! Now with Android Audio Service.
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Amazon product search suggestions added to Awesomescreen Search
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Adding Qwant as a search option for French, United Kingdom English and German locales
Changed
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Support for Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) has ended. Farewell!
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We restore your tabs by default. Don't want that? You can change it in Advanced Settings. You're in control
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"The following have new homes. Less swiping for you!
- Reading List is now in your Bookmarks panel
- Sync Tabs is now in the History panel
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Mobile history comes before synced desktop history on your phone or tablet. Of course!
Developer
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Deliver asynchronous notifications via Push API
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WebExtensions support is now considered as stable
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On some websites using an important number of cookies, under certain conditions, this can cause the user to be logged out (1264192)