{"id":925,"date":"2012-05-15T15:42:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/?p=925"},"modified":"2012-05-15T16:02:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T16:02:39","slug":"new-firefox-for-android-beta-is-ready-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/05\/15\/new-firefox-for-android-beta-is-ready-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Firefox for Android Beta is Ready for Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Firefox for Android Beta is now available for<a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta\" target=\"_blank\"> download and testing<\/a>. This beta has a redesigned look that blends in with the Android user interface, performance enhancements and support for third-party plugins like Flash for a better mobile browsing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox for Android Beta has all of the features you know and love like Firefox Sync, add-ons and tabbed browsing, plus a new Awesome Screen and enhancements to startup and response time, graphics performance and panning and zooming.<\/p>\n<p>We are always working on a beta here at Mozilla, but this one is special because we\u2019ve done a lot of extra work to add features, improve performance and address things that make mobile browsing faster and easier.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_926\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/05\/betablogpostscreenshot.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-926\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-926 \" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"Firefox for Android Beta\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/05\/betablogpostscreenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/05\/betablogpostscreenshot.jpg 369w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/05\/betablogpostscreenshot-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Firefox for Android Beta start page<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We need your help testing everything from the faster startup and response times to compatibility for specific websites and graphics performance. This beta uses hardware acceleration to improve performance with your favorite Web apps, games or photos. As a beta tester you may experience crashes. If you experience a crash or a website that doesn\u2019t perform well in Firefox for Android Beta, please <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/JHDMd9\" target=\"_blank\">file a bug here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox for Android Beta supports <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Mobile\/Platforms\/Android#System_Requirements\" target=\"_blank\">a wide range of Android phones<\/a> from Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 all the way back to Android Froyo 2.2. This beta update is only offered for Android phones and in English at this time, but we\u2019ll add more languages and deliver a new beta for tablets soon.<\/p>\n<p>We need your help as we continue to refine the beta and get the new Firefox for Android ready for the world, so take the beta for a drive on your favorite websites and please <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/JHDMd9\" target=\"_blank\">file a bug<\/a> if you have any problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta\" target=\"_blank\">Get Firefox for Android Beta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/mobile\/14.0beta\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Detailed release notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Firefox for Android Beta is now available for download and testing. This beta has a redesigned look that blends in with the Android user interface, performance enhancements and &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/05\/15\/new-firefox-for-android-beta-is-ready-for-testing\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8803],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Firefox for Android Beta is Ready for Testing - Future Releases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/05\/15\/new-firefox-for-android-beta-is-ready-for-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gjimenez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/05\/15\/new-firefox-for-android-beta-is-ready-for-testing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/05\/15\/new-firefox-for-android-beta-is-ready-for-testing\/\",\"name\":\"New Firefox for Android Beta is Ready for Testing - 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