{"id":67767,"date":"2021-11-02T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=67767"},"modified":"2021-11-02T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:03:41","slug":"firefox-focus-or-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/firefox-focus-or-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is complicated. There\u2019s more than one way to browse to meet your needs with Firefox Focus."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to researchers, the average person has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/humans-6000-thoughts-every-day-1517963\">about 6,200<\/a> thoughts throughout the day. That\u2019s a lot of time spent bouncing between random thought bubbles like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Does my cat understand me?&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li><em>Who is Kaia Gerber\u2019s mom?<\/em><\/li><li><em>Best sneaky vegan side dishes<\/em><\/li><li><em>Why is everyone talking about bones or no bones?<\/em><\/li><li><em>Parkour vs slacklining<\/em><\/li><li><em>Cheapest flights to New York City<\/em><\/li><li><em>When does the World Cup start?<\/em><\/li><li><em>Minecraft hacks<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/products\/firefox\/the-fox-is-still-in-the-firefox-logo\/\"><em>What happened to the Firefox logo?<\/em><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, you hop on the web to get answers. If you want to keep your random web browsing separate and private, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/browsers\/mobile\/focus\/?utm_campaign=firefox-drumbeat&amp;utm_content=firefox-focus-na&amp;utm_medium=mozilla-websites&amp;utm_source=blog.mozilla.org\">Firefox Focus<\/a> is THE companion phone app for all those forget-about-it moments online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Q: Firefox or Firefox Focus?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A: Both!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/browsers\/mobile\/?utm_medium=mozilla-websites&amp;utm_source=blog.mozilla.org&amp;utm_campaign=firefox-drumbeat&amp;utm_content=firefox-focus-na\">Firefox<\/a> as your default mobile browser makes life\u2019s busy moments easier and more efficient with tabs and bookmarks synced between devices, secure password management, streamlined reader mode and a customizable home screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"ft-c-inline-cta\" href=\" https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/browsers\/mobile\/focus\/?utm_medium=mozilla-websites&#038;utm_source=blog.mozilla.org&#038;utm_campaign=firefox-drumbeat&#038;utm_content=firefox-focus-na\">\n  <div class=\"ft-c-inline-cta__media\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/fx-focus_feature-image_logo-800x800.png\" class=\"attachment-1x1 size-1x1\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/fx-focus_feature-image_logo-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/fx-focus_feature-image_logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ft-c-inline-cta__content\">\n     <h3>Simply private mobile browsing for your Android and iOS devices<\/h3>      <span>Get Firefox Focus<\/span>   <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/browsers\/mobile\/compare\/\">mobile browser<\/a> you use \u2014 Firefox, Chrome or Safari \u2014 Focus can work right alongside it. Focus is the ideal companion app for instant privacy so you can do quick searches on the go and then tap the trash button or close the app to make your browser history and searches disappear behind the purple curtain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mozilla\/video\/6966371868643298566\" data-video-id=\"6966371868643298566\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@mozilla\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mozilla\">@mozilla<\/a> <p>Reply to @owo_hasawoken it\u2019s complicated! There *are* good cookies, but SO many are for ads &#038; you should be in control of your own info! <a title=\"privacy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/privacy\">#privacy<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Mozilla\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6966371765568211718\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Mozilla<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Automatic tracking protection means speed and privacy on mobile<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest version of Firefox Focus comes with a refreshed, distraction-free design <em>and<\/em> the same privacy protections you\u2019ve come to expect from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/privacy\/products\/\">protections dashboard<\/a> from Firefox for desktop now appears in Focus for your mobile devices. Tap the shield icon to expose how many trackers the Focus app has blocked from snooping on you. Here\u2019s the best part \u2014 automatic tracking protection and ad blocking means your pages load faster while your data stays private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/image1-473x1024.png\" alt=\"Firefox Focus Tracking Protection screen\" class=\"wp-image-67768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/image1-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/image1-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/image1-768x1663.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/image1-709x1536.png 709w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/11\/image1.png 923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instant privacy that\u2019s also customizable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also set Focus as your go-to app for return visits to your favorite sites, going beyond the quick and private searches. Just pin those sites to your Focus home screen, so you can quickly hop back in as soon as you open the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefox\u2019s famous <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/kb\/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop\">Enhanced Tracking Protection<\/a> is enabled automatically in Focus to block known advertising, analytics, and social trackers and scripts. That\u2019s easy to modify by tapping on the shield icon and adjusting the sliders. Even if you do change your privacy settings, you can do so with the knowledge that your browsing history along with any <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/internet-culture\/mozilla-explains\/what-is-a-web-tracker\/\">cookies<\/a> that try to follow you are deleted from your device when you tap the Focus trash can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to quick privacy while browsing the web, tap the Firefox Focus icon on your phone. Go ahead and mull some of 6,200 thoughts that pop into your head each day, and keep it to yourself. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/browsers\/mobile\/focus\/?utm_medium=mozilla-websites&amp;utm_source=blog.mozilla.org&amp;utm_campaign=firefox-drumbeat&amp;utm_content=firefox-focus-na\">Firefox Focus<\/a>, your business isn\u2019t our business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to researchers, the average person has about 6,200 thoughts throughout the day. That\u2019s a lot of time spent bouncing between random thought bubbles like: Does my cat understand me?&nbsp; Who is Kaia Gerber\u2019s mom? Best sneaky vegan side dishes Why is everyone talking about bones or no bones? Parkour vs slacklining Cheapest flights to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":727,"featured_media":67788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[289102,21031],"coauthors":[311664],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>There\u2019s more than one way to browse on mobile with Firefox and Firefox Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Firefox Focus is the ideal companion app for instant privacy on mobile. 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