Mozilla Firefox 63.0 was released one day ago. All current Ubuntu releases can install it through security & updates repositories.

Firefox 63.0 release highlights:

• Performance and visual improvements for Windows users.
• Faster tab switching, reactivity improvements for macOS users.
• Opt to block third-party tracking cookies or block all trackers and create exceptions for trusted sites
• WebExtensions now run in their own process on Linux
• Added search shortcuts for Top Sites: Amazon and Google appear as Top Sites tiles on the Firefox Home (New Tab) page.
• The Ctrl+Tab shortcut now displays thumbnail previews of your tabs

Upgrade to Firefox 63 in Ubuntu:

The Ubuntu Mozilla Team has published the new Firefox packages for Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and their derivatives.

Simply open Software Updater (Update Manager), and install the updates after checking for updates:

If you don’t see the Firefox updates, go to Software & Updates -> Update and make sure security & updates repositories are enabled.

Mozilla Firefox 62.0 was released a day ago with new features, performance improvements, and various security fixes.

Firefox 62.0 release highlights:

• Firefox Home (the default New Tab) allows to display up to 4 rows of top sites, Pocket stories, and highlights
• “Reopen in Container” tab menu option appears for users with Containers that lets them choose to reopen a tab in a different container
• A preference allows users to distrust certificates issued by Symantec. (go to about:config in the address bar and set the preference “security.pki.distrust_ca_policy” to 2.)
• Added FreeBSD support for WebAuthn
• Improved graphics rendering for Windows users without accelerated hardware
• Support for CSS Shapes, allowing for richer web page layouts. This goes hand in hand with a brand new Shape Path Editor in the CSS inspector.
• CSS Variable Fonts (OpenType Font Variations) support, which makes it possible to create beautiful typography with a single font file
• AutoConfig is sandboxed to the documented API by default. You can disable the sandbox by setting the preference general.config.sandbox_enabled to false.
• Added Canadian English (en-CA) locale, and various bug-fixes.

Download / Install Firefox in Ubuntu:

As usual, Ubuntu Mozilla Team will publish the new Firefox release packages through Ubuntu security & updates repositories.

So just wait and Firefix 62 will be available for upgrade via Software Updater in 2 or 3 days.

Mozilla Firefox 60 was released a few hours ago with new enterprise features, Web Authentication / YubiKey support, and new tab enhancements.

“Firefox 60 offers something for everyone and a little something extra for everyone who deploys Firefox in an enterprise environment. This release includes changes that give you more content and more ways to customize your New Tab/Firefox Home. It also introduces support for the Web Authentication API, which means you can log in to websites in Firefox with USB tokens like YubiKey.”

Firefox 60 release highlights:

• Added a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments in enterprise environments.
• Enhancements to New Tab / Firefox Home.
• Redesigned Cookies and Site Storage section in Preferences
• Added support for Web Authentication API.
• Applied Quantum CSS to render browser UI
• Added an option for Linux users to show or hide page titles in a bar at the top of the browser.
• Improved WebRTC audio performance and playback for Linux users
• Enhanced camera privacy indicators.
• And various security fixes.

Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu:

Ubuntu offers the latest Firefox packages though the updates and security repositories.

Once Firefox 60 packages (check the build page) are published in the repositories, you can install or upgrade it via Software Updater:

Mozilla Firefox reached the 57.0 release earlier today. The new release, Firefox Quantum, features a completely new browsing engine makes it over twice as fast as before.

Mozilla Firefox 57.0 release highlights:

• A completely new browsing engine.
• A redesigned interface, and optimizations for touch screens
• A unified address and search bar.
• A revamped new tab page that includes top visited sites, recently visited pages, and recommendations from Pocket
• An updated product tour to orient new and returning Firefox users
• AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support for improved video playback with lower power consumption
• An expanded section in preferences to manage all website permissions
• Also various security fixes and other changes. See release note.

How to install Firefox 57 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, the latest Firefox 57 will be published through Ubuntu security & updates repository.

Once it’s published (check Firefox in launchpad), you can upgrade Firefox via Software Updater:

Can’t wait? Mozilla offers non-install Linux packages (select i686 for 32-bit, x86_64 for 64-bit os):

Mozilla Firefox web browser has reached the new stable 56.0 release a day ago.

Firefox 56 features a built-in screenshot tool, allows you to take, save, and share screenshots without leaving the browser.

The new release updated the Preferences section with a search tool so users can find a specific setting quickly.

Other changes in Firefox 56:

• improved Send Tabs feature, it can be discovered even by users without a Firefox Account
• Added hardware acceleration for AES-GCM
• New Encoding Standard-compliant implementation written in Rust
• Updated the Safe Browsing protocol to version 4
• Reduced update download file size by approximately 20 percent
• Improved security for verifying update downloads
• Added Layout Panel to CSS Grid DevTools

Download / Install Firefox in Ubuntu:

The best way to install the latest Firefox in Ubuntu is waiting for the distribution builds published in security/updates repository.

Be patient, it will be available in a few days. At that time, you can simply install/upgrade it via Software Updater:

For those who don’t want to wait, download the official Firefox package, extract and run the executable to launch Firefox 56.

Mozilla Firefox 55.0 was released earlier today. The new release features WebVR support, faster start time, updated address bar and more.

Firefox 55.0 release highlights:

• Windows support for WebVR.
• Option to enable Hardware VP9 acceleration on Windows 10 Anniversary Edition.
• Significantly faster startup times when restoring lots of tabs.
• Search with any installed one-click search engine directly from address bar.
• Added support for stereo microphones with WebRTC
• Made the Adobe Flash plugin click-to-activate by default
• And see the release note for more.

How to Install Firefox 55 in Ubuntu:

Although Mozilla website offers non-install version Linux binaries, the best way to get the latest Firefox in Ubuntu is using Software Updater to upgrade it through Ubuntu main (security & updates) repository.

NOTE that there will some delay for the new release being published in main repositories, check the build page.

The security and updates repositories are enabled by default. If you don’t see the Firefox updates even after Ubuntu published it in these repositories, check out the Updates tab in Software & Updates utility.