Mozilla has released version 144.0, the highly anticipated major update to its Firefox browser. This update brings many new features long requested by the browser community, makes significant improvements to existing functionality, and fixes known security vulnerabilities.
Firefox version 144 released
One of the highlights of the new version is the improvements made to tab groups. Users can now drag and drop a tab onto an existing tab, even when the group is collapsed. Another change to tab groups is the simplified appearance of the tab strip, reducing clutter by only displaying your current tab in a group.

Another significant innovation in Firefox 144 is profile management. Mozilla users can now create profiles (for example, for school, work, or home) to keep their browsing data separate. Each profile can be customized with an avatar and color theme for easy identification. Data, tabs, browsing history, bookmarks, and all other information are kept completely separate within each profile.
The update also adds Image Search, powered by Google Lens. This feature allows users to quickly find similar products, places, or objects by right-clicking on an image and selecting “Search Image with Google Lens.” It also allows users to copy, translate, or search for text within photos.
This feature is only available on the desktop platform, and users must set Google as their default search engine. On the search engine front, the new Firefox version comes with Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine that responds to search queries in spoken language.
Firefox 144 adds three new languages for translation (Azerbaijani, Bengali, and Icelandic) and improves translation quality in many already supported languages. Furthermore, when a link is opened from another application on Windows, Firefox only uses the window in the current virtual desktop and opens a new window if necessary.
Picture-in-Picture can now be closed without pausing the video. As a significant security improvement, login credentials stored in Firefox Password Manager are now encrypted with AES-256-CBC instead of the older 3DES-CBC.