Firefox Focus

Firefox Focus
Developer(s)Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Corporation
Initial releaseDecember 7, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-07)[1]
Stable release
124.1.0 / March 21, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-03-21)[2]
Repository
Engine
TypeMobile browser, Ad-Blocker
LicenseMPL 2.0
Websitewww.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/focus/ Edit this on Wikidata

Firefox Focus is a free and open-source privacy-focused mobile browser by Mozilla, based on Firefox. It is available for Android[4][5] and iOS smartphones and tablets.[6][7] Its predecessor, Focus by Firefox, was released in December 2015 as a tracker-blocking application which worked only in conjunction with the Safari mobile browser on iOS.[8][9] It was developed into a minimalist web browser in 2016 but retained this background blocking functionality.[10] The Android version of the browser was first released in June 2017 and was downloaded over one million times in the first month.[11] As of January 2017, it was available in 27 languages.[12] The version released for German-speaking countries has telemetry disabled and is named Firefox Klar to avoid ambiguity with the German news magazine FOCUS.[13][14]

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  14. ^ "I can't find Firefox Focus in Germany, Austria or Switzerland | Firefox Klar Help". support.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2017-07-31.