Sometimes newer versions of apps may not work with your device due to system incompatibilities. Firefox OS phones are just now being launched in other countries throughout Europe, but there are no plans to launch phones in North America yet. Mozilla Firefox 108.0.2 Mozilla Foundation 13 1 M A multi-platform web browser with open source code Advertisement Older versions of Mozilla Firefox It's not uncommon for the latest version of an app to cause problems when installed on older devices. The ZTE Open sells for about $80 without a contract, as opposed to high-end phones like the iPhone 5s that sell for $649 without a contract. The first Firefox OS smartphone is named the ZTE Open, and it has been made available in places like Spain, Latin America, and India since July 2013.

Mozilla is avoiding these markets for now and has been selling cheap, low-end Firefox OS phones in more price-sensitive markets.

If you’re in North America or Europe, there’s a good reason you haven’t yet heard of Firefox OS. Just as everything ultimately runs in Chrome on Chrome OS, everything ultimately runs in Firefox on Firefox OS - even though these apps can run “outside the browser” and be installed locally. RELATED: Living With a Chromebook: Can You Survive With Just a Chrome Browser?įirefox OS has a lot in common with Chrome OS, Google’s browser-centric OS for laptops. In theory, you could one day install Firefox for Android and access the Firefox Marketplace to use Firefox OS apps on Android. For example, Mozilla creates a full-featured version of Firefox for Android. Mozilla also wants these apps to be portable.

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