{"id":52263,"date":"2026-10-27T10:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=52263"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:39:43","slug":"firefox-159-0-released-with-ai-powered-watching-pages-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/firefox-159-0-released-with-ai-powered-watching-pages-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 159.0 Released with AI-Powered Watching Pages&#8217; Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-46878\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/firefox-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Firefox, Mozilla&#8217;s free open-source web browser released new 159.0 version today.<\/p>\n<p>The new browser release introduced several improvements to its AI subsystem, user experiences, and fixed various issues.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First, Firefox 159.0 added its <b>Passwords tool to the left sidebar<\/b>, allowing to quickly open the page to add, remove, edit, import\/export your passwords.<\/p>\n<p>For users with many web pages open, the <b>Search Tabs<\/b> has been updated with keyboard shortcuts support.<\/p>\n<p>Simply press &#8220;Ctrl+Shift+A&#8221; (or Cmd+Shift+A) on keyboard, then typing your keyword in address bar, it will show you the results in drop-down suggestions, allowing to click to quickly navigate to the target tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52264\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-searchtab-700x434.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-searchtab-700x434.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-searchtab-300x186.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-searchtab-768x476.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-searchtab.webp 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Extensions and Themes shortcut is now <code>Ctrl+Shift+F<\/code> on Windows and Linux, and <code>Cmd+Shift+E<\/code> on macOS. And, user can go to <code>about:keyboard<\/code> keyboard to edit them.<\/p>\n<p>For AI users, the &#8220;Summarize page&#8221; context menu option now sends the page&#8217;s address to the chatbot provider instead of the page&#8217;s text.<\/p>\n<p>The Smart Windows can now <b>watch changes in web pages<\/b>, such as price drops or restocks. Just type <code>\/watch<\/code> in chat and setup your rules. <\/p>\n<p>It will send desktop notification when it finds a match. And, you can manage by either going to <code>about:smartwindowtasks<\/code> or using the Tasks button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-watch-700x502.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-watch-700x502.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-watch-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-watch-768x551.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/firefox-watch.webp 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For macOS, it now uses the system native share picker. It shows a preview of the page and recent contacts alongside AirDrop, Messages, and other apps. And, you can select multiple tabs and share them at once.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in Firefox 159.0 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Display web addresses written in the Javanese, Balinese, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, and N&#8217;Ko scripts in their own script.<\/li>\n<li>Support scroll-driven animations.<\/li>\n<li>Support scoped custom element registries.<\/li>\n<li>Add <code>EXT_clip_control<\/code> and <code>EXT_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge<\/code> WebGL extensions support.<\/li>\n<li>Add <code>EXT_texture_norm16 WebGL2<\/code> extension support.<\/li>\n<li>Fix video display issue on Windows on Windows with NVIDIA RTX Video HDR enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Fix excessive memory usage on Linux with AMD graphics.<\/li>\n<li>Various security and other fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get Firefox 159.0<\/h3>\n<p>The official release note as well as the download link will be soon available in Firefox website via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firefox.com\/en-US\/firefox\/159.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox 159.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Linux Distributions with Firefox pre-installed, just wait your distribution update. Or, via this <a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/firefox\/releases\/159.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mozilla webpage<\/a> for the source and installers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox, Mozilla&#8217;s free open-source web browser released new 159.0 version today. 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