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== Calling all Mozillians!&nbsp;Download the new Nightly for Android!&nbsp;<br>  ==

Firefox on Android is extremely important to Mozilla’s mission. We are delivering an exceptional mobile Web experience for users, complete with the performance, personalization and security they expect. We are also providing a platform for developers to keep the mobile Web open. And we do all of this work in the shared Mozilla source repositories so all platforms, desktop and mobile, benefit each other.

Android continues to be a strategic mobile OS for Firefox and a very important platform for the next billion people coming online. Establishing Gecko as a top-tier mobile Web platform remains a priority, and Mozilla is embarking on the ambitious target to re-architect Firefox using a native Android user interface. This evolved product will deliver improvements to start-up time, memory usage, UI responsiveness and battery usage. Our plan is very ambitious, and will require everyone’s help and efforts for success. 

In a short period of time, we have made enormous progress and have quite an exciting experience already; but the mobile development team really needs more filed bugs so testing Nightlies in the meantime is even more crucial to the product’s development. Nightly builds are generally for developers and contributors who are directly involved with building and testing Firefox, and are used to verify and test bugs. Nightly users should expect exciting changes with every update, as well as instability, possible regressions, and many bugs. Nightly users now can already feel the drastic differences from XUL-based Firefox, and finding these initial bugs are critical to continue improving the product.

== Get involved! <br>  ==

'''We urge all Mozillians to [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-birch-android/ download a Nightly] build to help file bugs and provide feedback. '''<br> 

=== Download  ===

[http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-birch-android/ Download the latest Nightly] .apk file from the Birch tree. Users will need to allow the installation of non-Market applications (depending on device: Preferences &gt; Applications). Devices will also need around ~13MB, check if your device is supported [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/platforms/ here]. You should only need to download from the Birch tree once, updates will show in your Android notification status automatically.<br> 

=== Find Bugs ===

[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI/NightlyFeatures Help us test these features] and make sure they work correctly and well.&nbsp; If not, file a bug! 

=== File Bugs  ===

[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fennec%20Native Go to Bugzilla] and include the device name/Firefox version/OS version, steps to reproduce, and the expected and actual outcomes ([https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Bug_writing_guidelines bug writing guide]). See [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI#Known_Issue known issues] for reference, but please do file the bug anyway if you're not sure. <br> 

=== Fix Bugs<br>  ===

See our [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Get_Involved Get Involved] wiki to learn how, and join the [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/android-mobile-nightly-testers Android Nightly Testers mailing alias] for questions, discussions and news. <br> 

=== Contact Us  ===

*IRC #mobile 
*[https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/android-mobile-nightly-testers Android Nightly Testers] mailing list 
*Support: IRC #sumo <br>