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Firefox 106 SUMO Sprint
What is SUMO Sprint?
SUMO Day/SUMO Sprint is that time of the week when the whole Mozilla community comes together to answer incoming questions on the support forum for Firefox, Firefox for Android, Firefox for iOS, and Firefox Focus users. Check out this page to learn more about it.
What's new in Firefox 106
Firefox Desktop
Description | KB link | Status |
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Colorways | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/personalize-firefox-colorways | Updated |
Firefox View | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-set-tab-pickup-firefox-view | New article |
PDF annotations | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-or-choose-another-viewer | Updated |
Text recognition (Mac only) | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/text-recognition | New article |
Firefox for Android
Description | KB link | Status |
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What's new in Firefox for Android | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/whats-new-firefox-android | Updated |
Wallpaper in Firefox for Android | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/change-your-wallpaper-firefox-android | Updated |
Sync on Firefox for Android | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-set-firefox-sync-firefox-android | Updated |
Firefox for iOS
Description | KB link | Status |
---|---|---|
What's new in Firefox for iOS 106 | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/whats-new-firefox-ios-version-106 | New article |
Wallpaper in Firefox for iOS | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/change-your-wallpaper-firefox-ios | Updated |
Sync on Firefox for iOS | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/sync-bookmarks-logins-and-browsing-history-firefox | Updated |
Firefox Focus
Description | KB link | Status |
---|---|---|
What's new in Firefox Focus for Android | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/whats-new-firefox-focus-android | Updated |
What's new in Firefox Focus for iOS (version 106) | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/whats-new-focus-ios-106 | New article |
Find out more
- Release notes
MR 2022 List of changes
Firefox Desktop
Feature name | Description | Platform | Tag | Related article | Bugzilla link | Mozilla Connect discussion | Common response |
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Desktop new onboarding | Users installing Firefox (or creating a new profile) and existing users will see a refreshed new user onboarding (about:welcome) | All | MR2022:desktop-onboarding | - | #1772614 | ||
Colorways | An emotive modal experience to select Firefox Colorways via Firefox View | All | MR2022:colorways | https://mzl.la/3vUSmN6 | #1743985 | https://mzl.la/3VCGfQ4 | |
Firefox View | Firefox View or Task Continuity helps you get back to content you’ve previously discovered. | All | MR2022:firefox-view | https://mzl.la/3bO6BMX | #1760990 | https://mzl.la/3TnYpmO | To remove the Firefox View pinned tab from your toolbar, you can right-click the Firefox View icon and select Remove from Toolbar. More about that: https://mzl.la/3bO6BMX |
Text recognition in images | Extract text from images. MacOS only (10.15 or more recent) | MacOS only | MR2022:text-recognition | https://mzl.la/3vZHRIx | #1782574 | https://mzl.la/3s6uKmt | |
Changes to Firefox Private browsing | new UI and pinning to taskbar | Taskbar only for Windows | MR2022:private-browsing | - | - | https://mzl.la/3TgzAta | |
PDF Annotations | in-app annotation for PDF file | All | MR2022:pdf-annotations | https://mzl.la/3AcZNSt | - | https://mzl.la/3ETlf1C | |
Firefox as a default PDF handler | - | All | - | - | - |
Firefox Account
Feature name | Description | Platform | Tag | Related article | Bugzilla link |
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Firefox Accounts | Firefox account creation and sync flow has been given a UI and copy update. | Web | MR2022:fxa-redesign | - | - |
Firefox mobile (Android, iOS and Focus)
Feature name | Description | Platform | Tag | Related article | Bugzilla link | Mozilla Connect discussion |
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Mobile new user onboarding | Users installing Firefox mobile in v106 will see a refreshed onboarding flow | iOS only | MR2022:mobile-onboarding | - | - | |
Mobile existing user onboarding | Existing users who upgrade to 106 will see a new onboarding flow | iOS and Android | MR2022:mobile-onboarding | - | - | |
Task continuity | Users will be able to access their last active tab from another device on their homepage | iOS and Android | MR2022:task-continuity | Android - iOS | - | |
Wallpapers | Users will have an improved experience using wallpapers on their homepage. They will get to see 6 new Independent Voices wallpapers as well. | iOS and Android | MR2022:wallpapers | Android - iOS | - | https://mzl.la/3Tz2Ivs |
Search widget | Users will be ablle to add a search widget to their home screen | Focus iOS | - | Add a search widget to your home screen | - |
Inbounds monitoring
We're tracking version 106 inbounds as they relate to the main feature we are releasing with the major release. You should find the sheet HERE.
Known issues
Desktop
- Bug 1795909: Firefox crash/cannot open when updating to 106 from Microsoft/Windows Store
- Bug 1796126: Crashes on AMD Zen 1 (fixed with 106.0.1
- MacOS new icon (Connect page | Bug report)
- Tabs overflow button: down arrow at right top corner (Tag to use: MR2022:overflow-button-remove)
iOS
- Firefox for iOS is crashing when foregrounding the app (bug1791789)
Please refer to the following contributor discussions to learn more about the known issue:
Dot releases
- Firefox 106.0.1 - Oct 20, 2022. Addresses a crash experienced by users with AMD Zen 1 CPUs (Bug 1796126).
- Firefox 106.0.2 - Oct 26, 2022. Various bug fixes including the MSIX package issue (bug1795909 or bug1796391) with version 106.
- Firefox 106.0.3 - Oct 31, 2022. Various bug fixes including fixing the startup crash for some Windows users (bug1797464).
- Firefox 106.0.4 - Nov 3, 2022. Fixed an issue with DRM playback (bug 1797292), crash issue issue during media playback (bug 1792115), and fixed broken layout of datetime input when switching types (bug 1797139).
- Firefox 106.0.5 - Nov 4, 2022. This release should addresses CPU bug impacting users with Gemini Lake CPU.
Heads up
How to get involved in the sprint?
Join us in our community portal event and contribute by:
- Answer forum questions
- Respond to actionable tweets
Answer forum questions
Many people visit our forum to ask questions about Firefox. You can contribute by answering their questions directly on the forum, or using the SUMO Live Helper add-on created by SUMO contributors.
Respond to actionable tweets
You can also help many people who are having problems with their Firefox by responding to actionable tweets (meaning that the tweet expressed that somebody need support). Check out this article or take this short course to know more about how you can help people on Twitter. We strongly recommend existing community members to use Conversocial to reply to tweets from the official support account, @FirefoxSupport.
How can I get more help?
You can join our Matrix channel to ask questions/join community discussion.