{"id":1084,"date":"2013-03-26T09:49:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T09:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2016-12-09T21:10:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:10:51","slug":"set-firefox-as-your-default-android-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2013\/03\/26\/set-firefox-as-your-default-android-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Firefox As Your Default Android Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">In a previous blog post, we told you how to change your settings to <a title=\"Firefox Tip \u2013 Make Firefox Your Default Browser\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2013\/01\/03\/firefox-default-browser\/\">make Firefox the default browser on your computer<\/a>.\u00a0 But now, we wanted to let you know that you can also set Firefox for Android as your default browser on your Android device.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/03\/androiddefault.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1085\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/03\/androiddefault.png\" alt=\"Android Default Browser\" width=\"433\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/03\/androiddefault.png 433w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/03\/androiddefault-252x228.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">First, clear the current browser that opens links.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Then, open a link in an Android application like the mail application and set Firefox to be the default browser to open links.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t know how to do those things? No problem. This support article gives you step-by-step instructions on how to <a title=\"Android Default Browser\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/make-firefox-default-browser-android\" target=\"_blank\">set Firefox for Android as your default mobile browser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous blog post, we told you how to change your settings to make Firefox the default browser on your computer.\u00a0 But now, we wanted to let you know that you can also set Firefox for Android as your &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2013\/03\/26\/set-firefox-as-your-default-android-browser\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,4498],"tags":[278480,8807],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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