![]() Upgrade today and join hundreds of millions who depend on Firefox for a more personal browsing experience. Firefox is the independent, people-first browser made by Mozilla, voted one of the Most Trusted Internet Companies for Privacy. More storiesĮxperience a fast, smart and personal Web. If you're unhappy with Apple's default browser, Safari, Firefox for iOS is a fast, intuitive, feature-rich, and privacy-minded alternative worth trying. IOS 9 required for Private Browsing: If you don't want to be tracked, you'll have to upgrade to iOS 9. Unfortunately, this feature does not work in reverse. No bookmark syncing from iOS: If you're an Android, Mac, or Windows user, you can sync your Firefox bookmarks to iOS devices. How to tell when a tab is private: The search bar will be black with a pink border rather than white with a blue border.ģD Touch compatible: From your home screen, long-press the Firefox for iOS icon to open a new private tab or a new tab. It's also good practice to occasionally tap Clear Private Data to erase sensitive data, such as browsing history, cache, cookies, offline website data, and saved log-ins. Toggle Close Private Tabs to ensure this happens each time you stop browsing. Under Settings, you can take advantage of two added safety precautions. To open Private Browsing, tap the purple mask at the top right of the browser. Private Browsing: Firefox's Private Browsing function doesn't track your history, cookies, passwords, site preferences, and temporary Internet files. You'll need to set up an account and log in on all your devices for this to work. Sync: You can sync your tabs, history, and passwords across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Android devices. ![]() Tab recovery: Accidentally close a tab? Recover it by tapping the new Undo button. Intuitive navigation: Jump from page to page with Firefox's easy-to-decipher visual and numbered tabs. Open it up to add a bookmark, find text on a page, open a new tab or a Private Tab, set a Home page, or get to your Settings menu. While exact numbers may vary from person to person, we definitely noticed a significant increase in search speed.Ĭustom search engines: Add your favorite search-powered sites to Firefox, such as Amazon, Wikipedia, and eBay, and then you'll be able to search the sites directly from Firefox's address bar.Ĭonvenient menu: Firefox's new hamburger menu in the bottom rail offers easy navigation. Prosįaster browsing: Mozilla promises a 40 percent decrease in CPU usage and 30 percent reduction in memory usage with the latest version of Firefox for iOS. However there is some positive here though, as Bing has increased its share slightly compared to last month.Firefox for iOS update brings faster search, a handy new menu for frequently used features, and the ability to search other sites within Firefox's search bar. The latest March percentage share puts Bing at 8.23. Meanwhile, Statista suggests Bing actually dropped off since October last year, when it had peaked at 9.92% share. ![]() The latest figures has Bing at 2.79% which is far behind Google's 92.63%. Latest Statcounter data suggests that Bing's share has mostly been static. It is fair to assume that Microsoft is probably looking to gain some traction and close some of the gap in terms of market share with Google as the latter continues to be an absolute behemoth. The report comes via The Information which claims, citing sources close to the matter, that senior Microsoft executives are keen on a deal with Mozilla this year as the contract with Google is due for renewal by the end of the year. Now, a new report suggests that Microsoft too is eyeing a contract with Mozilla in a bid to replace Google as the default Firefox search with its own Bing. This was part of the month's SUMO (SUpport MOzilla) study announcement. Nearly two years ago, back in September of 2021, Mozilla announced that it was testing Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine on its Firefox browser.
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