

The reason I’m asking this, even though I know your stated issue is extension updates, is that I’m wondering if some new versions of the extensions won’t run on old versions of browsers.
#Firefox for android apk#
apk file for the browser can be installed as an update without losing browser settings. apk files as they are posted on the Github releases page where you found the browser initially. Mozilla did introduce full add-ons support in Nightly, a development version of Firefox, but handling was complicated.Īre you updating the core browser? Unless you’re using the F-Droid ffupdater tool (Which includes Iceraven as one of it’s supported browsers), to update Iceraven itself, the way to update is to download the new. The Stable version offers up to this day no option to install all add-ons that are available. Users who installed other add-ons in Firefox could not get these to run in the Android version anymore. Mozilla picked add-ons from its recommended extensions program, including crowd-favorites such as uBlock Origin. The first was that the new Firefox supported only a limited number of add-ons. While the new Firefox's performance and web compatibility was indeed better, Mozilla made a few design decisions that affected part of the old browser's userbase. It was called Firefox Preview during development and migration from the classic version of Firefox for Android to the new Firefox for Android started in early 2020. The new browser would offer better performance and web compatibility according to Mozilla because of its new framework that it was based on. About two years ago, Mozilla revealed plans to replace the then-current version of its Firefox web browser for Android with a redesigned browser.
