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Firefox 144 Adds Perplexity AI Search and Ships Major Security Fixes

Mozilla is phasing feature availability, with security improvements landing universally today.

Overview

  • Perplexity AI becomes a selectable search engine on desktop, with mobile availability planned in the coming months.
  • Mozilla’s advisories for Firefox 144 detail at least 14 patched vulnerabilities, several rated high risk, and no active exploitation reported.
  • Saved logins now use AES-256-CBC encryption in the built‑in password manager, while Firefox Sync logins remain end‑to‑end encrypted with AES-256-GCM.
  • A new profile manager begins a gradual rollout on Windows 11, macOS and Linux, with Windows 10 support to follow.
  • Desktop gains a right‑click Google Lens image search option when Google is the default, collapsible tab groups, refined picture‑in‑picture closing behavior, and dropped support for Android versions below 8.