Overview
- Mozilla began rolling out Smart Window to opt-in beta testers in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, adding a separate AI browsing mode inside Firefox for those who choose to use it.
- Through a new partnership with Exa, Smart Window can retrieve current web content and show source links inside chat responses so answers cite the pages behind them.
- The update also adds automatic tab grouping with duplicate detection, visual previews of pages in your history, and natural-language search that finds tabs and past pages by plain-English queries.
- Users control data and model use: Mozilla and Exa say they do not retain Smart Window search or chat data unless a user explicitly opts in, and users can pick built-in models or connect third-party or local models for inference.
- Smart Window remains a beta feature with no firm general-release date, Mozilla is collecting tester feedback via a waitlist, and the company plans near-term additions such as resurfacing recent browsing journeys and AI form autofill.