Waterfox: Privacy Web Browser

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About this app

Waterfox for Android is the privacy focused mobile browser that puts you in control. Created fully open source, Waterfox strips out analytics, telemetry, and unnecessary closed source integrations, instead giving you a clean private browsing experience.

Unlike other Android web browsers, Waterfox does not have any analytics or telemetry that track your usage. It also does not use closed source SDKs or have sponsored shortcuts enabled by default. Integrations like the closed source Pocket read-it-later service have been removed. Additionally, all code related to Chinese censorship has been stripped out.

Waterfox puts privacy first. It blocks online trackers, stopping companies from profiling your browsing habits. It comes with encrypted DNS support using DNS over Oblivious HTTP to prevent censorship. With this unique feature, your DNS queries are hidden to avoid network manipulation and is the ONLY web browser to offer a premium feature for free!

In terms of customization, Waterfox will support add-ons so you can enhance your mobile browsing experience. It also has customizable settings for history, cookies, zoom level, and much more. You are in full control.

Under the hood, Waterfox uses the same lightning fast Gecko engine that powers the largest open source web browser. Pages will load quickly and websites will perform smoothly. Waterfox also supports modern web standards and technologies for the best browsing experience.

Waterfox is independently developed with a focus on user privacy and choice. There are no metrics or data collection happening behind the scenes. Waterfox for Android brings desktop class privacy to mobile.

Give Waterfox a try to take control of your mobile browsing, you can browse the web privately.

Ratings and reviews

Waterfox is the truth. It hits the sweet spot of security, speed and functionality. I've actually ran speedtests (I know, not really that scientific) against Fennec which is probably the most direct comparison to Waterfox and found it was usually sightly faster and hit higher peaks. Waterfox is one of the best "readily available" browsers for Android imo. I know there's more Firefox forks out there but I'm not tryna get into all that when Waterfox is tried and true. Great devs!

-Sometimes will suggest previously visited sites when in incognito. Doesnt happen all the time. -Google Sheets display is a mess & cuts off a lot of stuff. -I love & the desktop version, used it for years! Mobile seems like its just getting going, but is still pretty good. Needs more settings options, i.e., choose individual cookies & site info to clear, customization, etc. Looking forward to future updates!

Bug when opening tabs while in private browsing, it opens the main tabs page instead of private tabs, requiring you to go back to private every time you want to make a quick switch. Seeing not one new update in the almost 3 months I've had this app makes me think I'd better not hold my breath and waste any more time with it. Uninstalled and moving on.

What's new

Follow up to the crash fixes.
* AC Library updated to 130.0.1
* Android support libraries updated