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Apple rumour confirmed: Mozilla Firefox is coming to the iPhone and iPad

Mozilla has confirmed rumours it is in the process of creating a version of its Firefox web browser for iPhones and iPads, revealing its alternative to Apple’s Safari is in the pipeline. While Mozilla has long offered a version of Firefox for Android smartphones and tablets, in the past Apple has had a policy of […]
Andrew Sadauskas
Andrew Sadauskas

Mozilla has confirmed rumours it is in the process of creating a version of its Firefox web browser for iPhones and iPads, revealing its alternative to Apple’s Safari is in the pipeline.

While Mozilla has long offered a version of Firefox for Android smartphones and tablets, in the past Apple has had a policy of blocking third-party web browsers from its app store.

Apple has also put restrictions around apps using its own Javascript engines, meaning any third-party web browser prior to iOS 8 would have been slower than Safari.

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