Firefox Fast & Private Browser

Mozilla

About this app

Get the browser that prioritizes people over profits

It’s a new era in tech. Don’t settle for a browser made by unethical, profit-driven, data-hoarding companies. By choosing Firefox, you support the non-profit Mozilla Foundation whose mission is to build a better internet — one that puts individual and public benefit over commercial profit.

What Firefox offers:

✔ PRIVACY-FOCUSED BROWSING
• Automatic tracker blocking — By default, Firefox blocks trackers and scripts such as social media trackers, cross-site cookie trackers, crypto-miners and fingerprinters.
• Enhanced tracking protection — Choose the “strict” setting and get even more privacy protections.
• Private browsing mode — When you close private mode, your browsing history is automatically erased from your device.

✔ EASY-TO-USE TABS
• Find what you want quickly — create as many tabs as you like without losing track.
• See your open tabs as thumbnails or a list view.
• See tabs from your phone on your desktop and vice versa — or choose to keep them separate.

✔ PASSWORD MANAGEMENT
• Log into sites easily — Firefox remembers your passwords across devices.
• Firefox suggests passwords for new log-ins and stores them securely.

✔ LIGHTNING-FAST PAGE LOADS
• Enhanced Tracking Protection automatically blocks online trackers from following you around the web and slowing down your pages.

✔ TAILORED SEARCH OPTIONS
• Get suggestions and previously searched results in the search bar so you can quickly access the sites you visit most.
• Move the search bar location from the top to the bottom of the screen, making it easier to use with one hand.
• Use the Firefox search widget to search the web directly from your device’s home screen.
• See the recent searches you’ve done on other devices for seamless searching across mobile, desktop and more.

✔ CUSTOMIZE YOUR FIREFOX EXPERIENCE
• Get helpful add-on extensions, including ways to block ads, block certain webpages, turbo-charge privacy settings and more.

✔ FIREFOX HOME SCREEN
• Access your recent bookmarks, top sites and see popular articles from across the internet, recommended by Pocket, which is part of Mozilla.

✔ SAVE BATTERY WITH DARK MODE
Switch to dark mode any time, reducing eye strain and prolonging your battery power.

✔ WATCH VIDEOS WHILE YOU MULTITASK
• Pop videos out of their webpages or players and pin them to the top of your phone’s screen to watch while you surf the web and do other things.

✔ SHARE ANYTHING IN A FEW TAPS
• Share links to web pages or specific items on a page with easy, quick access to your most recently used apps.

LEARN MORE ABOUT FIREFOX WEB BROWSER
Read about Firefox permissions: http://mzl.la/Permissions - Stay in the know: https://blog.mozilla.org

ABOUT MOZILLA
Mozilla exists to build the internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe open and free is better than closed and controlled. We build products like Firefox to promote choice and transparency and give people more control over their lives online. Learn more at https://www.mozilla.org. Privacy policy: http://www.mozilla.org/legal/privacy/firefox.html

Ratings and reviews

I use Firefox on all my devices. My main and only complaint about the Android version is that it is inconvenient and tedious to save to your desktop bookmark taskbar because the entire folder tree is presented. Every folder! In my case I have a very large number (100's) of bookmark folders, and having to scroll through them all to find the one I want may take as much as a couple of minutes. So I end up emailing the link to myself so that I can save the bookmark when I'm in front of Windoze.

The 2 main things I dont like about this app, that still haven't been fixed: the tabs you close out of do not actually close. I have pressed the x on multiple copies of the same tabs that re-create themselves when I close the app. sometimes randomly they actually stay gone but not often. bookmarks aren't intuitive, they save by default in "Bookmarks" rather than the last used folder. you have to click into a whole separate screen to even see the location it's being stored.

Works about as good as the desktop browser. Though, some suggestions and critique: 1, Flashing a bright white screen with the Firefox logo while loading the app (even while dark mode is enabled!) is a no-no. 2, Not sure why bookmark keywords aren't implemented on the app. I would love to have that awesome feature on mobile! 3, Wish homepage shortcuts had better implementation (adding/laying them out is tedious) and I wish the homepage layout was more dynamic. App still gets 5 stars. Love it.

What's new

New
* Firefox now supports pasting images into contenteditable & designMode elements. Previously, only plain text and HTML was supported.
Fixed
* Annoying prompts from sites trying to “Open links in apps”.
* Hangs for multiple seconds during media playback when disconnecting Bluetooth headphones.
* Media playback would sometimes continue after closing Firefox.
* Searching open tabs would not match tab names that contain spaces.
* Hangs when navigating back from the Settings menu.