Friday, September 25, 2015

Firefox Gets Built-In Instant Messaging

Firefox Tips

Step aside, Skype and Google Hangouts. Now you can instant message with your friends right from Firefox.

The latest version of the browser, Firefox 41, made its debut this week with a new built-in instant messaging feature, letting you send and receive IMs when you're in a Hello video call. At this point, the feature is only available on the desktop version for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The feature comes after Mozilla in January officially launched the WebRTC-based Hello video-calling feature, developed in partnership with Spanish telecom giant Telefónica, in Firefox 35. Now, for the first time, Hello includes IM support as well.

The latest version of the browser also adds a number of other minor updates, including a new option to personalize your Firefox Account, from which you can access services like Firefox Sync to synchronize your passwords, bookmarks, history, and open tabs across your desktop and mobile devices. Now, you can add a profile photo on the desktop and Android versions, so you'll easily be able to see who you're chatting with via Hello.

The desktop and Android versions are also getting various security and bug fixes - one of which, as ExtremeTech noted, caused Adblock Plus to eat up a ton of memory.


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