Choose the browser that prioritizes people over profits.
When you choose Firefox, you protect your data while supporting the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, whose mission is to build a better internet that’s safe and accessible for everyone.
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 to 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 web pages, turbo-charge privacy settings and more.
- ✔ FIREFOX HOME SCREEN
- Access your recent bookmarks and 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 at any time, reducing eye strain and prolonging your battery power.
- ✔ WATCH VIDEOS WHILE YOU MULTITASK
- Pop videos out of their web pages 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
Free or paid:
- Free
Accessibility and User Comments:
Firefox was once among the most accessible mainstream browsers on Android, if not the most accessible one. It enabled basic quick navigation by headings and links for screen reader users even before TalkBack itself introduced web navigation reading controls. However, the accessibility of the browser has witnessed serious setbacks in recent years. Although the browser can still be used, especially after later accessibility fixes, there are a few identified accessibility issues.
The address bar, where a search term or web URL can be typed, is not recognized as a text box by screen readers. This makes it impossible to perform editing-related tasks, even simple ones. So while typing is possible, editing what has been typed or pasting text using the screen reader's pasting functions is not. It’s still possible to fill a link directly from the clipboard by selecting the desired option after clearing the address bar. Clearing the text can’t be done through the screen reader but is available through Firefox’s own option. Typing doesn’t remove the previous page’s address either, so clearing the field before entering a new one is recommended.
Another accessibility issue is the limited support for web reading controls. Only headings and links worked during testing with both Jieshuo and TalkBack. While it may seem like navigation is happening using the selected reading control, like buttons, for example, because the option appears among the available navigation types and using it doesn’t trigger a “no next” or “no previous item” message, the reality is that navigation moves to unrelated elements rather than the elements of the selected type.
On a more positive note, website navigation works well using both swiping and explore by touch. UI buttons and controls are properly labeled, but it's worth noting that several options in the menu (back, forward, share, and refresh) are displayed twice for screen reader users. Moreover, the user sometimes needs to swipe up with two fingers for all options in the menu to be revealed, like settings, the last item among the available options. Throughout my tests, the reported window name was always the last Firefox-related screen such as settings, extensions, or translation. So even when the browser opens on a webpage, the screen reader may still announce the window title as settings if that was the last one opened.
Screen reader actions are not supported.
Being among those searching for Kiwi Browser alternatives, especially for the ad-free experience, ad blocking through the "uBlock Origin" add-on has been working reliably. However, I haven't conducted tests to determine its effectiveness in blocking video ads. Syncing between phone and computer also works, but the process of initiating it could be more straightforward.
One of Firefox’s renowned features, the Reader View, still appears to work as expected. It was a plus point of the browser several years ago, when other well-known browsers hadn’t yet introduced a dedicated reading mode.
Last Tested App version and Android version:
App version: 137.0, Android 14
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