Mozilla developers released the release of a new version of your experimental web browser "Firefox Preview 4.3" for the Android platform, which when the decision is made that it is ready, will replace the current one. This experimental browser has the code name of "Firefox Preview" although internally it is handled as "Fenix".
Firefox Preview uses the GeckoView engine, built on the basis of Firefox Quantum technologies and a set of Android Mozilla component libraries, which are already used to build the Firefox Focus and Firefox Lite browsers.
GeckoView is a variant of the Gecko engine, designed as a separate library that can be independently updated, and Android Components includes libraries with typical components that provide tabs, autocomplete input, search suggestions, and other browser features.
Of the main characteristics featured in Firefox Preview:
- High performance
- Default protection against motion tracking and various spurious activities.
- A universal menu through which you can access settings, library, favorite pages, history, downloads, recently closed tabs, select site display mode, search for text on the page, switch to private mode, open a new tab and navigation between pages.
- A multifunctional address bar that has a universal button for quick operations, such as sending a link to another device and adding a site to the list of favorite pages.
- Instead of using tabs, the collections concept allows you to save, group, and share your favorite sites. After closing the browser, the remaining open tabs are automatically grouped into a collection, which can then be viewed and restored.
- There is the function of sending a tab or collection to another device.
What's new in Firefox Preview 4.3?
In this new version of the browser the inclusion of advanced settings to control blocking multimedia content and its automatic playback, for this the ability to disable the lock when connected via Wi-Fi was added.
In addition to it the home screen implementation has been greatly improvedAs the design of the collections has been changed and the branding elements have been reduced to allocate more space for the content, as well as a form to select an application language has been added.
Another change that was made in the browser is that an option was implemented to disable the creation of screenshots in private mode and corrections have been made regarding the support of installed web applications that run in Progressive Web Apps (PWA) mode.
Improved the animated effect when searching and eliminated flickering of icons when selecting a story item and fixed issues with full screen mode.
It is also mentioned in the announcement of this new version that reported separately on expansion of plugin support in Firefox Preview.
In which uBlock Origin, Dark Reader, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger and Search by Image are added to the list of add-ons compatible with Firefox Preview.
All these mentioned add-ons are already available within the “Add-ons Manager” menu of the browser to be enabled by the user.
Obtain and install Firefox Preview 4.3
For those who are interested in being able to test or install this web browser on their Android device, they should know that this release of the experimental browser is now available within the app store "Play Store" and just go to it, find the browser and install.
In case of not finding the application you can go to the following link and from there request the installation to your device or in case it is not allowed, it is because it still has a certain restriction for some countries.
Even though you can choose install from the store F-droid.