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Firefox 116 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 116
Firefox Desktop
| Description | KB link | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sidebar switcher allows users to access Bookmarks, History and Synced Tabs panels easily, quickly switch between them, move the sidebar to another side of the browser window, or close the sidebar. Now, keyboard users would be able to do it all with ease too, with or without any assistive technology running, without needing to memorize keyboard shortcuts to access these panels. | - | New |
| We added the possibility to edit existing text annotations. | - | New |
| It is now possible to copy any file from your operating system and paste it into Firefox. | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-login-data-file# | New |
| When an update is available in English locales, users will now have access to the release notes in the update notification prompt in the form of a "Learn More" link. | - | New |
| The volume slider is now available in Picture-in-Picture. | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-picture-picture-firefox | New |
Firefox for Android
| Description | KB link | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Android: Unified Search updates | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/searching-firefox-android, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-my-default-search-engines-firefox-android | Update |
Firefox for iOS
| Description | KB link | Status |
|---|---|---|
| iOS: Credit Card Autofill UX updates | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/autofill-credit-cards-firefox-ios | Update |
Firefox Focus/Firefox Klar
| Description | KB link | Status |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
Find out more
- Release notes
- Support release scrum meeting
Known issues
Please refer to the following contributor discussions to learn more about the known issue:
Dot releases
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.
