Waterfox: Private Web Browser

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About this app

🔒 True Privacy by Design
Waterfox Android is completely rebuilt from the ground up with privacy as the foundation. Zero telemetry, no data collection, no sponsored content, and no tracking of any kind. We've created dummy versions of tracking services to maintain compatibility while protecting your privacy.

⚡ Maximum Performance
Unlike other browsers using pre-built components, we compile everything from scratch - Android Components, Gecko, and SpiderMonkey - with advanced compiler optimizations (-O3) for faster browsing and better battery life.

🧩 Full Add-on Freedom
• Browse and install from the entire Mozilla Add-ons store
• Direct installation from addons.mozilla.org
• Custom AMO collections support
• Install extensions from .xpi files
• No restrictions, no redirects

🛡️ Enhanced Security Features
• Site Isolation (Fission) enabled
• Enhanced DNS over HTTPS with Ultra Protection mode using Oblivious HTTP
• ESR (Extended Support Release) base for rock-solid stability
• about:config access for power users

🎛️ Complete Customization
• Privacy-first search engines (DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Mojeek, Qwant)
• Customizable menu designs (classic and modern)
• JPEG-XL image support
• No review prompts or forced feedback

Why Waterfox Android?
We've solved the constant breakage problem that plagued previous versions by moving to ESR and compiling everything ourselves. This means stable, fast, private browsing without compromise.

Perfect for users who want Firefox-level functionality without the privacy concerns, tracking, or performance limitations of mainstream browsers.

Ratings and reviews

I love this browser, but can we please have the option to disable the new menu back in the customization menu again? The update turned the new menu back on and I had to go back into Secret Settings to change it again. I've been using Waterfox on Android since the first run, before you brought it back on Android more recently. Thank you for everything you do.

While I've been really enjoying my time with the app, I frequently run into an issue where tabs will skip a page or two back. The only way around this is opening some links in new tabs and even then this sometimes doesn't work and I'm forced to use another browser. Please fix this. I wanna keep using this but the page skipping back makes some sites literally unusable.

Version 1.2 has broken a lot of things. videos don't play (no supported mime type error), pages constantly refresh, etc. Everything was working perfectly before this update. I can't use Waterfox mobile til they fix these major issues. Update: As they stated, within a day an update was released that fixed the major issues. The page refresh loop & video issues appear to all be fixed now. Thank you!

What’s new

• Removed Startpage at Startpage’s request. This change was not our choice; other search providers have not approved being set as the default, so Yahoo is currently the default search engine.
• Fixed What’s New so it stays hidden after you read the release notes.
• Improved custom wallpaper handling.
• Updated to Gecko 151 with upstream fixes and improvements.
• Includes security fixes from MFSA 2026-46.