The development of “Firefox Preview,” Firefox’s rebuilt Android app, has been moving smoothly along, and this week one of its best features received a substantial update.
Mozilla added support for browser extensions to Firefox Preview back in February, but you could only install one add-on: uBlock Origin. Mozilla’s most recent test builds for Firefox Preview have added five more add-ons to the mobile browser that can be installed from the app’s settings, and they’re all awesome:
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Dark Reader – automatically turns on dark mode for (most) websites, even if the page doesn’t normally have one.
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HTTPS Everywhere – Adds HTTPS encryption to websites whenever possible.
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NoScript – Alerts you to potentially dangerous scripts running on webpages and lets you decide whether they will run or not.
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Privacy Badger – Blocks internet trackers hidden on the sites you visit.
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Search by Image – Lets you select and reverse-image search any images you find while browsing.
These new add-ons are available in the latest Firefox Preview developer version. You can try them out early by downloading the Nightly Build from Google Play.
While Nightly builds are intended for developers and often suffer from stability issues, downloading it so won’t overwrite any other version of Firefox Preview you have installed. If something isn’t working, you can simply uninstall the browser and swap back to the more stable version of Firefox Preview you were using before. The new add-ons should be available in other versions of the app soon anyway.
How to install the add-ons
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Install the Firefox Preview Nightly build from the Google Play Store.
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Once the install is complete, open Firefox Preview Nightly.
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Tap the three-stacked “More” icon in the bottom menu.
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Go to Settings, scroll down to the “Advanced” tab and tap “Add-ons.”
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Tap the “+” next the extension(s) you want to enable. Wait for them to install.
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