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Firefox 154: Faster Videos & New App Icons!
19 Aug
Summary
- Firefox 154 now supports Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming on Windows.
- New customization options include unique app icons and faster video skipping.
- The browser now features enhanced language detection for web page translation.
The latest version of Firefox, version 154, has been released, introducing a host of new features and improvements. For Windows users, Firefox 154 now includes support for Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming and allows users to customize the browser's app icon with various historical and special designs, with macOS and Linux support planned for the future.
Across all operating systems, users will experience faster video playback skipping. The web page translation feature has been enhanced with Firefox performing its own language detection, now including content from iframes. Additionally, websites added to the cookie exception list will no longer be automatically excluded from tracking protection.
The integrated free VPN, introduced in Firefox 149, continues to provide unlimited data and has temporarily extended its virtual locations to 28 countries until the end of August. This VPN is now also available on Firefox for Android, with iOS support expected soon.
Security remains a top priority, with Firefox 154 addressing 58 vulnerabilities, 54 of which were reported by external researchers. Seventeen of these are classified as high risk, with 30 medium risk. Several high-risk vulnerabilities stem from memory management programming errors.
