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Firefox for Android is expanding its limited extension support with 10 additions
Available in the new stable Firefox version 83

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Firefox for Android is expanding its limited extension support with 10 additions

This story was originally published and last updated . 

When Mozilla launched its completely rewritten Firefox for Android, we found a lot of things to like, but where there is light, there's also shadow. Due to some unfinished APIs, add-on support is severely limited, so as of now, only nine hand-picked extensions are available for Mozilla's mobile browser. The situation is improving a bit with the lastet stable Firefox release, version 83. Ten more add-ons are making their way into the new version of the mobile browser.

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Firefox for Android brings back general extensions support, here's how to set it up
Finally, I can use AMP to HTML again

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Firefox for Android brings back general extensions support, here's how to set it up

The brand new Firefox for Android rolled out to everyone last month, but it still lacks the broad extension support that made the original browser so popular. To quote Douglas Adams, "this had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." Thankfully, experimental support for sideloading any Firefox extension has now arrived in the Nightly branch.

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Google preparing to end support for paid Chrome extensions
Developers can only use third-party payment providers going forward if they wish to offer paid functionality

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Google preparing to end support for paid Chrome extensions

While many extensions are great for enhancing your browsing experience, they can be a tacky business for people who aren't at least somewhat familiar with the inner workings of browsers. Google noticed an influx of fraudulent paid extensions in January this year, and the situation only got worse when lockdowns first started and some people tried spreading misinformation or profiting off the pandemic through any channel they could find. With that in mind, Google has now decided to scrap paid extensions altogether.

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Mozilla promises expanded extensions support following controversial Firefox Android update
The newest Firefox updated removed all but a small selection of add-ons

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Mozilla promises expanded extensions support following controversial Firefox Android update

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Mozilla has been working on a rewritten version of Firefox for Android, designed to be faster and easier to maintain, and it started rolling out to the stable channel last week. Even though the new version is absolutely an upgrade in some areas, replacing the older browser before the newer codebase had all the same features has proven to be an unpopular move.

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Mozilla's next-gen Firefox hits stable after a year of previews, without full extension support (APK Download)

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Mozilla's next-gen Firefox hits stable after a year of previews, without full extension support (APK Download)

Mozilla has been working on a brand new version of Firefox for Android, nicknamed 'Fenix,' for over a year at this point. The new codebase slowly trickled down from Preview to Beta, and at long last, the aging stable browser is now receiving the update. However, fans of the stable browser might still notice a few features missing.

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Firefox Preview is adding support for three new add-ons
Baby steps, but add-on support is expanding

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Firefox Preview is adding support for three new add-ons

Firefox Preview has only received a significant update with version 5.2 with improved tab management and voice search a few days ago, but Mozilla is already working on the next feature-filled update. The unstable Nightly now supports three new add-ons and sees smaller refinements to the three-button overflow menu. The dead-space custom tab bug that's plaguing the current Firefox Preview build is also nowhere to be seen.

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Google Chrome extensions found spying on users once again
Widespread campaign sees 70 malicious extensions downloaded 32 million times

Scott Scrivens Scott Scrivens
Google Chrome extensions found spying on users once again

According to a report by Reuters, researchers at Awake Security uncovered a new spyware campaign that threatened the security of Chrome users. Google removed the more than 70 offending extensions from the Chrome Web Store last month after being alerted to the malicious activity, but not before they were downloaded 32 million times by unsuspecting users.

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Chrome OS 83 released with Assistant media playback control and renameable virtual desktops
A welcome collection of comfort features

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Chrome OS 83 released with Assistant media playback control and renameable virtual desktops

The coronavirus pandemic ruffled Chrome and Chrome OS releases quite a bit, so Google paused updates for a short time, even omitting version 82 altogether. But now the company is getting back on track and has announced the release of Chrome OS 83. It'll start rolling out to first people this week, and it brings a whole slew of neat improvements to the table. None of them are as big as the addition of gesture navigation we've seen in version 81, though.

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Google reveals privacy and security improvements coming soon to Chrome
Browser-level DNS settings, improvements to extensions, and more are on the way

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Google reveals privacy and security improvements coming soon to Chrome

Google Chrome hasn't implemented the extreme level of tracker/ad blocking that we've seen in other web browsers over the past few years (I'm sure Google's position as an advertising company has nothing to do with that), but it has been taking small steps. Google has proposed new web standards that would make fingerprinting and cross-site tracking much more difficult, and now the company is announcing some browser-level features that aim to improve privacy and security.

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Chrome Web Store cracks down on spam extensions and review manipulation

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Chrome Web Store cracks down on spam extensions and review manipulation

The Chrome Web Store is still something of a wild west — seemingly every month, there's a story about some popular extension stealing user data or doing something else it's not supposed to do. Google has already made several policy changes lately, and its next target is spammy extensions.

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