The Mozilla Firefox browser app for Android received a big-ish update recently, pushing it to version 34. But more than that, the update does brings a number of new features to the browser. We are mildly surprised though, that the move to make Yahoo the browser’s primary search engine has not been cascaded to the Android app yet, as that deal between Mozilla and Yahoo was done two weeks ago.
What is new in the browser app is the mirroring support for Chromecast, which means that Firefox users can now mirror their browser to Google’s streaming device. The feature was made available in the beta build of Firebox for Android, but at that point the feature was buggy. With the version 34 update, early reports say the feature works as expected.
Apart from Chromecast support, this new update now gives Firefox for Android slightly redesigned look. This is not to bring Firefox closer to Material Design as might be expected, but to align the Android app to the color palette that users of the desktop version are familiar with on. There are also speed and usability improvements on the app as well.
All these said, we can expect that the implementation of the “primary search engine” deal with Yahoo to be only a matter of time before it trickles down to the Android app. The change was already implemented in the desktop version of the browser. Check out the download link below.
DOWNLOAD: Google Play Store
I have installed the new FF Ver 35 but there is no “tab mirror” under tools menu.
Tried on android 4.4 and on 4.2.2
Any advice ?
Just got the update, auto installed. Seldom use FF cause its just too slow and I have no addons installed.