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In September 2016 Mozilla announced that work on Firefox OS had ceased, and that all B2G-related code would be removed from mozilla-central. In January 2016 Mozilla announced that Firefox OS would power Panasonic's UHD TVs (as previously announced Firefox OS "would pivot to connected devices"). Around the same time, it was reported that Acadine Technologies, a startup founded by Li Gong (former president of Mozilla Corporation) with various other former Mozilla staff among its employees, would take over the mission of developing carrier partnerships, for its own Firefox OS derivative H5OS. Mozilla later announced that Firefox OS smartphones would be discontinued by May 2016, as the development of "Firefox OS for smartphones" would cease after the release of version 2.6. On December 8, 2015, Mozilla announced that it would stop sales of Firefox OS smartphones through carriers. By December 16, 2014, fourteen operators in 28 countries throughout the world offered Firefox OS phones.

8.1 Officially and unofficially supported devicesįirefox OS was publicly demonstrated in February 2012, on Android-compatible smartphones.

Successors to Firefox OS include the discontinued B2G OS and Acadine Technologies' H5OS as well as KaiOS Technologies' KaiOS and Panasonic's My Home Screen. In December 2015, Mozilla announced it would stop development of new Firefox OS smartphones, and in September 2016 announced the end of development.

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As such, Mozilla with Firefox OS competed with commercially developed operating systems such as Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows Phone, BlackBerry's BlackBerry 10, Samsung's/ Linux Foundation's Tizen and Jolla's Sailfish OS.

The applications use open standards and approaches such as JavaScript and HTML5, a robust privilege model, and open web APIs that can communicate directly with hardware, e.g. It was first commercially released in 2013.įirefox OS was designed to provide a complete, community-based alternative operating system, for running web applications directly or those installed from an application marketplace. It is based on the rendering engine of the Firefox web browser, Gecko, and on the Linux kernel.

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Ensure both Chromecast and smartphone/tablet are connected to same networkĬast additions aside, other features and changes new in the v34 update include HTTPS Wikipedia searching (US only), a redesigned start tutorial, HTML5 tweaks and and a bundle of Android 5.0 ‘L’ fixes.įirefox for Android is a free download available on the Google Play Store.Firefox OS (project name: Boot to Gecko, also known as B2G) is a discontinued open-source operating system – made for smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs and dongles designed by Mozilla and external contributors.To mirror a webpage from Firefox for Android to Chromecast:

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Back in October Mozilla added native support for sending HTML5 media to a TV via Google’s $35 streaming stick. It’s not the first cast feature to debut in Firefox, however. With it, webpages open in the mobile browser can be shunted over to a nearby big screen using Google Cast.įirefox for Android Beta users have had tab mirroring since October, but it’s only with the launch of Firefox 34 stable on both desktop and mobile that the second-screen option casts a wider net. Having spent a few weeks ironing out the kinks, Mozilla today brings ‘Tab Mirroring’ via Chromecast to all users of Firefox for Android.