Firefox for Android
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.

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55.0 Firefox for Android Release

August 8, 2017

Version 55.0, first offered to Release channel users on August 8, 2017

We'd also like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!

New

  • Added actions to manage tabs

    • You can now set your homepage as your new tab
    • You can now reorder tabs by tapping and holding a tab in the tabs tray (or in the tab strip on tablets)

  • Added Greek (el) and Lao (lo) locales

Fixed

Changed

  • Added option to accessibility settings to respect the system's set font size when displaying web pages

  • Video that is not visible will stop rendering to conserve power (audio will still continue)

  • Note: Firefox 55 is the last version that supports devices running Android 4.0

Developer

  • Developer Information

  • Sites that don’t use SSL can no longer access Geolocation APIs to determine a user’s physical location

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