Mozilla Taiwan releases Firefox Lite 2.0 for Android

guest · Nov 12, 2019

Mozilla Taiwan releases Firefox Lite 2.0 for Android
November 12, 2019
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/12/mozilla-taiwan-releases-firefox-lite-2-0-for-android/

Firefox Lite 1.0 was released last year by Mozilla Taiwan; it is a mobile browser that, besides its name, does not have much in common with Firefox for Android (or the desktop).

The browser uses Chromium WebView and not Mozilla's own rendering engine to display websites. One advantage of that is that it is very lightweight (roughly 5 Megabytes) in comparison. Firefox Lite's availability is limited to several regions in Asia. Users from other regions may download the APK file from mirror sites such as APK Pure to install it on their devices. The installation itself is not restricted.

Firefox Lite 2.0 improves the mobile browser in several meaningful ways. The main idea of the browser, to create a lightweight mobile browser with a focus on privacy and the saving of data. The browser's Turbo Mode is activated by default; it blocks known trackers and most of the advertising on the Internet [...]
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stapp · Jul 6, 2021

Firefox Lite is dead: development has ended.

Firefox Lite, a mobile version of the Firefox web browser designed specifically for Asia, won't receive any updates anymore after June 30, 2021.
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https://www.ghacks.net/2021/07/05/firefox-lite-is-dead-development-has-ended/

Brummelchen · Jul 9, 2021

Tried, laughed, uninstalled. (months ago)

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