Mozilla pulled the trigger on a substantial redesign of Firefox a few months ago, but the devs haven't taken any time off to celebrate. The updates are still coming fast with v59 hitting the beta channel. This version adds quick access to Firefox search via the home button, revamped HLS video support, and a few more goodies.

Mozilla, in its infinite wisdom, has provided a full changelog for this release.

New

  • Added Firefox as an Assist App so users can start a search by long-pressing the home button
  • Improved user experience for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) playback

Changed

  • Changed the location of Firefox Health Report from about:healthreport to about:telemetry
  • The "about:" page was removed. Use the "About Firefox" dialog instead.
  • Lock video full screen to landscape mode