Firefox Nightly Adds a Total of 10 Extensions on Android

Sep. 30, 2020

When Mozilla releasedFirefox 79 on Android, the company faced criticism over the lack of several features and limited extensions support. To address user concerns, the companyadded the back button with Firefox 80, followed by some otherfeatures like download manager on Firefox 81. Mozilla has nowadded support for a handful of extensions in the latest Firefox Nightlyfor Android.

In the recent Firefox Nightly updates, Mozilla has brought back a total of 10 recommended extensions from legacy Firefox for Android, including 2 extensions (Video Background Play Fix and Google Search Fixer) added earlier this month. Along with the 9 recommended extensions that were shipped in Firefox 79,there are a total of 19 extensions on Firefox Nightly. Take a look at them below:

You can access these extensions by tapping on the vertical three dots icon in the bottom right corner and choosing ‘Add-ons’. From the list of extensions available, you can install the ones that suit your use-case.

According to Mozilla’s Scott DeVaney, these new extensions available on Firefox Nightlywill be added to the stable version of Firefox for Android in November. That said, you can start using these extensions right now if you’re willing to switch to Firefox Nightly.

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