Mozilla Firefox 83.0 was released a day ago with significant updates to its JavaScript Engine, SpiderMonkey. It improved page load performance by up to 15%, page responsiveness by up to 12%, and reduced memory usage by up to 8%.

Firefox 83.0 release highlights:

• Https-only mode.
• Pinch zooming support for Windows touchscreen devices and touchpads on Mac devices.
• Picture-in-Picture supports keyboard shortcuts for fast forwarding and rewinding videos
• Improved user interface for screen sharing.
• Improved search functionality.
• Support AcroForm, allows to fill in, print, and save supported PDF forms.
• Pocket recommendations for users in India with English version.
• Various accessibility and security fixes

How to Install Firefox 83 in Ubuntu:

The new release package has been made into security & updates repositories for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10.

Simply open Software Updater utility and install the package update after checking for updates:

Firefox web browser 82.0 was released today with improved picture-in-picture, faster page loading and start-up time.

Firefox 82.0 release highlights:

• New look and position for the Picture-In-Picture button.
• Picture-In-Picture now has a keyboard shortcut for Mac users.
• Improve resource usage during video playback, battery life for Windows user.
• 20% faster when loading websites with flexbox-based layouts.
• 17% quicker when restoring a session.
• 10% quicker when opening new windows in Windows.
• Explore new articles when you save a webpage to Pocket from the Firefox toolbar.
• WebRender support on more Windows machines.
• Various security fixes and more.

Get Firefox 82 in Ubuntu:

The latest packages will be made into security & updates repositories for all current Ubuntu releases in a few days.

At that time, you can upgrade Firefox through the Software Updater utility:

If you can’t wait, download the Linux package from mozilla website.

Mozilla Firefox 81.0 was released a day ago with new features and security fixes.

Firefox 81.0 release highlights:

• Pause and play audio or video in Firefox from your keyboard or headset
• New Alpenglow theme
• Save, manage, and auto-fill credit card information for users in US and Canada.
• AcroForm support allows to fill in, print, and save supported PDF forms
• The PDF viewer got a new fresh look.
• Pocket recommendations for Austria, Belgium and Switzerland users with German version.
• Important fixes to HTML5 audio/video controls
• Extended file types support.
• Picture-in-Picture got new iconography.
• Security fixes.

How to install Firefox 81 in Ubuntu:

The latest packages will be made into security & updates repositories for all current Ubuntu releases in a few days.

At that time, you can upgrade Firefox through the Software Updater utility:

If you can’t wait, download the Linux package from mozilla website.

Mozilla Firefox web browser 79.0 was released a few hours ago with new features and various security fixes.

Firefox 79.0 release highlights include:

• WebRender for more Windows users with Intel and AMD GPUs
• More Pocket recommendations for users in Germany.
• Various security fixes.
• Several crashes while using a screen reader were fixed

How to Install Firefox 79 in Ubuntu:

Firefox 79 will be made into official Ubuntu security / updates repositories for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04 in a few days!

At that time, you can upgrade Firefox via Software Updater (Update Manager) utility:

Mozilla Firefox 76 was released today with improved online account protections and Zoom support.

Firefox 76 features Lockwise password manager improvements, including protection to saved passwords in “Logins and Passwords” page, display vulnerable password alert and website breach alert, and automatically generate secure, complex passwords to more sites.

Other changes include:

• Picture-in-picture: double-click to go full-screen, again to reduce the video size.
• Audio Worklets support: allow audio processing like VR and gaming, join Zoom calls without additional downloads
• WebRender now available by default on modern Intel laptops with a small screen for Windows.
• And various security fixes. See release note for more.

Download / Install Firefox 76 in Ubuntu:

If you prefer upgrading the pre-installed Firefox package, v76 package will be available in a few days for all current Ubuntu releases. At that time, upgrade Firefox via Software Updater (Update Manager):

And Firefox snap and flatpak packages, both run in sandbox, are now updated for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.

Mozilla Firefox 74.0 was released a day ago. Now it’s available to install in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10 via the security & updates repositories.

FireFox 74.0 features:

• Make it easy to import bookmarks and history from Microsoft Edge
• Add-ons installed by external applications can now be removed via Add-ons Manager
• Add custom site exception to the Facebook Container.
• Bettery privacy through support for mDNS ICE by cloaking your IP address with a random ID in certain WebRTC scenarios.
• Various security fixes. See release note for details.

How to Install FireFox 74.0:

FireFox 74.0 has been made into security & updates repositories for all current Ubuntu releases. Simply launch Software Updater (Update Manager) and install the updates.

Don’t see Firefox updates in Software Updater? Make sure security & updates repositories are enabled in Software & Updates utility. And you may also select the Main Server in the first tab.

Mozilla Firefox 73.0 was released today. The new release features new global zoom level setting and High Contrast Mode improvement.

While per-site zoom is still available, Firefox 73.0 adds a new global default zoom level setting, which is available in about:preferences under ‘Language and Appearance’.

For user with low vision rely on Windows’ High Contrast Mode, without disabling background images websites in High Contrast Mode are now more readable.

Firefox 73.0 release highlights:

• New global zoom level setting.
• High Contrast Mode improvement.
• Audio playback improvement
• WebRender will roll out to laptops with Nvidia with drives newer than 432.00 and smaller than 1920X1200 screen resolution.
• Various security fixes.

Download / Install Firefox in Ubuntu:

While Ubuntu 20.04 already contained the new Firefox package in the main repository, Firefox 73.0 will be available to upgrade via Software Updater utility in a few days for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. Check HERE.

Or you can install the Firefox 72 Snap package (runs in sandbox) simply from Ubuntu Software. It can be installed alongside the pre-installed Firefox, and will be automatically update to the latest.

Also Mozilla Firefox website offers non-install (extract and run the executable) tarball for all Linux desktop.