Today we can say that Mozilla has released one of the biggest updates Firefox has ever received never again. A new version that brings the URL bar to the bottom from the top as the most significant change.
Una update coming to Europe first and that in two days it will land on the American continent. There is also a lack of novelty than another, although we miss that we can update the page with a gesture. Let's do it with all its news.
The URL bar at the bottom for convenience
Mozilla has mentioned that the new bar position with url It is due to the fact that more and more telephones are "longer", which means that we control the mobile with one hand and it is much more comfortable to have all the most important elements of the interface at the bottom of it; Let's remember the One Hand Operation + app that brings this possibility to Samsung phones even when One UI 2.5 is already adapted for them.
Anyway, we have the option to move it to the previous site if we find that it does not we make ourselves to this new experience Firefox for Android. Although everything is getting used to and the truth is that handling it with the thumb of our right hand is not bad at all.
Firefox's new tracker protection
Another of the important novelties of Firefox for Android, and that comes from its desktop version, is what Mozilla has called as Enhanced Tracking Protection, or as it should be said Enhanced Tracking Protection. This function serves exactly the same purpose and will limit the number of trackers that can use your data when browsing different websites.
We can choose between three levels of protection: standard, strict and personalized. The default version will not block the content of trackers, so you will see the advertising in a personalized way according to location and more. Of course, if we go to strict mode the thing will be a bit like it expresses this new function that comes from PCs and that many will surely welcome with great joy for a more private browsing experience.
So that regards everything related to privacy and security, Firefox for Android takes a star feature from Firefox Focus, its app dedicated to totally anonymous browsing. It is none other than the opening of any link that we click on in a new tab. It may seem silly but it is not.
Another great novelty: the Collections
The Collections oneself could be said to be mere bookmarks grouped under a name. And although it may have something to do with it, Mozilla's idea to implement them comes from the other side. According to Vesta Zare, the manager of the Firefox for Android project, the Collections have their reason for being in "mental models" that users have built around tabs and bookmarks.
We are going to explain this a bit from her own words. The the vast majority of us use bookmarks to save a website that is important to us for whatever reason and we want to have it saved to return to it at all times. In other words, our bank, that gaming website or a forum on Android are links that we save and begin to form part of our daily lives.
But the funny thing comes with the use of eyelashes, as we use them as a short-term reminder of something that we want to remember, but that remains temporarily. I mean, we talk about a recipe or planning a vacation trip. And this is where the reason for being for Firefox Collections comes in. The Firefox Home interface allows these websites not to be lost as happens in the tabs, but they are not permanent as happens with bookmarks.
Other What's new in Firefox for Android is better support for add-ons third-party, PiP support for videos and now the browser is "built" on top of Mozilla's GeckoView browser engine. The latter means that websites load 10% faster. Now it's your turn to try this great Firefox renovation.
