Firefox for Android Nightly (formerly known as Firefox Preview) is a sneak peek of the new Firefox for Android experience. The browser is being rebuilt based on GeckoView, an embeddable component for Android, and we are continuing to gradually roll … Continue reading
Back in February, we announced support for the first extension for Firefox Preview, the new and rebuilt mobile browser for Android that is set to replace Firefox for Android later this year. We’ve since expanded support for more add-ons from … Continue reading
Updated September 30, 2020 What add-ons are supported on the new Firefox for Android? Currently, only a limited number of extensions in our Recommended program are supported on the new Firefox for Android (codename: Fenix) release channel. These extensions can … Continue reading
Last fall, we announced our intention to support add-ons in Mozilla’s reinvented Firefox for Android browser. This new, high-performance browser for Android has been rebuilt from the ground up using GeckoView, Mozilla’s mobile browser engine and has been available for … Continue reading
At the end of October, the Firefox add-ons team hosted a day-long meetup with a group of privacy extension developers as part of the Mozilla Festival in London, UK. With 2019 drawing to a close, this meetup provided an excellent … Continue reading
Back in June, Mozilla announced Firefox Preview, an early version of the new browser for Android that is built on top of Firefox’s own mobile browser engine, GeckoView. We’ve gotten great feedback about the superior performance of GeckoView so far. … Continue reading
We announced our plans for add-on compatibility and the transition to WebExtensions in the Road to Firefox 57 blog post. However, we weren’t clear on what this meant for Firefox for Android. We did this intentionally, since at the time … Continue reading
The mobile version of addons.mozilla.org (AMO) recently debuted a new appearance. It’s not a complete redesign, but rather the start of an iterative process that will take months to fully transform AMO for mobile. The new look is also a … Continue reading
Calling all testers! On March 9, a new look will be coming to addons.mozilla.org (AMO) for Android. This redesign will feature a cleaner, more user-friendly add-ons store on Android devices and tablets. We would love your help to track down … Continue reading
Update: Firefox has used the WebExtensions API as its extension API since 2017. We encourage you to visit Extension Workshop to learn more about browser extensions and how you can build an extension for Firefox. You can find reference documentation … Continue reading
