Firefox Preview 5.0 for Android is available

For Android platform published experimental browser release Firefox Preview 5.0, codenamed Fenix ​​as a replacement for Firefox for Android. In the near future the issue will be published in the catalog Google Play (requires Android 5 or later to work).

Firefox Preview uses GeckoView engine built on Firefox Quantum technologies and a set of libraries Mozilla Android Components, which are already used to build browsers Firefox Focus и Firefox lite. GeckoView is a variant of the Gecko engine that is packaged as a standalone library that can be updated independently, while Android Components includes libraries with generic components that provide tabs, input completion, search suggestions, and other browser features.

Main changes:

• Expanded add-on support. In addition to uBlock Origin, add-ons have been added to the list of add-ons compatible with Firefox Preview Dark Reader, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger и Search by Image. Available add-ons are displayed in the "Add-ons Manager" menu.
• Contributed correctionsrelated to support for installable web applications running in Progressive Web Apps (PWA) mode.
• Added picture-in-picture mode, which allows you to play video in a small window while watching other content or while working in another application.
  

• Possibility running web applications in full screen mode.
• Improvement Support for watching videos in full screen.
• Bug fixes and performance optimizations.

Source: opennet.ru