Mozilla extends support for Firefox on older Windows versions

Neowin reports that Mozilla has decided to extend support for the Firefox browser on older versions of Windows. The original plan was to end support this September, but that’s been postponed to 2025.

According to the Firefox release calendar, the version of Firefox that supports Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 will continue to receive updates until April 1, 2025. Mozilla will make more official statements about the browser’s support for older platforms later.

Notably, Microsoft itself cancelled support for its own Edge browser on older versions of Windows back in early 2023. This is just one of the many reasons to prefer Firefox over other browsers.

As a whole, Mozilla continues to make improvements to the Firefox browser, not just fixing numerous security flaws with every release but also making quality-of-life boosts like a better Reader View (in Firefox 129) and introducing new features like AI chatbot integration (in Firefox 130).

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