Firefox users were choosing Startpage long before today — to the tune of more than a billion searches a year, every one of them required some assembly: an extension, a manual setting, a workaround.  Today, starting with Firefox 154, that choice becomes as easy as head to the drop-down menu, hit ‘select,’ and start searching. […]

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Browsers make it easy to start things, but picking them back up is another story. We start planning a trip or researching a purchase, and before long we’re comparing options and chasing ideas across dozens of tabs. That work rarely happens in one sitting. When we come back after an interruption, we have to figure […]

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AI has changed how we browse. Full stop. The real question is whether AI leads to one browser experience for everyone, or gives people more ways to make the browser work for them.  Firefox was always built to give users an alternative to the status quo, and our approach with AI is no different. Much […]

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Tabs pile up fast on mobile. Imagine you’re planning a summer barbecue, and you start by searching for the best rib recipe. Twenty minutes later, you’re 17 tabs deep: comparing marinades, debating side dishes, checking the weather, making a grocery list and adding songs to a playlist. None of those tabs are organized. They’re mixed […]

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You’re planning a trip. Reading an article. Following a recipe. Then a question pops into your head. Sometimes it leads down a rabbit hole – with more searches, more tabs and plenty to explore. Other times, you just need a little context so you can get back to what you were doing. That’s why we’re […]

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Today, we’re excited to announce the Preview of Containers in Firefox version 153, which lets you keep separate parts of your online life (work, shopping, personal, banking) logged into different accounts in the same browser window, but keeps your cookies and ad tracking isolated inside each container. This means that stuff you do in one […]

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Two years ago Mozilla asked two leading experts on deceptive design, Dr. Harry Brignull and Cennydd Bowles, to look at how Microsoft was treating people who tried to use a different browser on Windows. Their report, Over The Edge, documented a pattern of design choices in Windows, Edge, and Bing that nudged, pressured, and at […]

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Open source AI has crossed a threshold. For years the debate has centered around whether open models could ever compete with closed ones. This is no longer a debate we should be having. Today Mozilla is publishing its inaugural State of Open Source AI report, built on new analysis and a global survey of 950+ […]

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We don’t put our name on much. So when we do, it means something. Starting with the 2026/27 season, Firefox is Wrexham AFC’s Official Web Browser Partner and front-of-kit sponsor on the men’s and women’s teams.  More than 160 years old and nearly lost for good, the football club was saved by the community that […]

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Earlier this month, we officially stood up Mozilla.org: a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit created to steward the long term success of the Mozilla Project.  Over the last year or so, I’ve said a lot about how AI is reshaping the web — and how we need to simultaneously stand up for the open internet Mozilla helped build […]

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If you’ve been running into endless CAPTCHAS or website login requests lately, you’re not imagining things.  Websites, facing a rising tide of abusive traffic from bots, are adopting increasingly aggressive countermeasures, damaging user’s experience of the web, their privacy and open access to the web.    In this post, we’ll talk about a new initiative we’re […]

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Firefox gives you many ways to make the browser your own, from privacy settings and AI controls to tab management, custom colors, and more. As we continue to improve Firefox, you get more control over how it works for you. Today, we’re introducing a redesigned settings experience that makes your options easier to find, understand, […]

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Firefox has been busy introducing updates across productivity, privacy and AI. From Project Nova and browser-wide AI controls to expanded privacy protections and new ways to stay organized, the goal is simple: help you spend less time managing your browser and more time getting things done online. But building the best browser isn’t just about […]

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For a limited time, where the VPN is available, users can get unlimited VPN bandwidth in Firefox – up from the 50 gigabytes monthly limit — plus access to over 25 country locations to browse from. Don’t have Firefox yet? Try it now. Firefox’s free built-in VPN usually gives eligible users 50 GB of free […]

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Your browser tabs say a lot about your life: work projects, vacation plans, shopping carts and all the rabbit holes in between. Add the world’s biggest soccer tournament to the mix, and your browser is suddenly juggling scores to check, streams to watch, lineups to scan and group chats to keep up with. And since […]

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Launching Web Serial in Firefox 151 The web is built by communities, but not all communities use the web the same way.  That philosophy shaped part of this week’s Firefox 151 release, which introduced support for the Web Serial API on desktop. Most folks won’t use this API, but for our community of builders and […]

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Crafted with care. Built for speed. Ready for what’s next. A great browser is so intuitive that you often forget you’re using it. Yet today the internet is changing faster than ever, and your browser needs to keep up. Firefox is still the only browser built for people, not platforms: independent, customizable, private and firmly […]

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Update on July 28, 2026: Firefox’s free built-in VPN is starting to roll out for Firefox Android users today. It brings the practical privacy protection experienced by desktop feature users since March straight to your Android device. Just turn it on and browse. This feature is being introduced gradually for people using Firefox for Android […]

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Today, Firefox is rolling out updates across desktop and mobile that give you more choice over how you browse. Here’s a look at what’s new. Adding location selection to Firefox’s free VPN Firefox now offers a fully featured VPN experience directly in the browser — for free. In just two months, over 1 million users […]

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