Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7

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Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7

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FYI with version 144 Firefox has dropped support for Android 5, 6 and 7 and also for 32-bit x86. Now the minimum required Android version is Android 8 Oreo:

https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2025/09/15/raising-the-minimum-android-version-for-firefox/

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Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7

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Which Android hardware nowadays still run on those Android versions? Malware filled Android TV set-top-boxes?

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Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7

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I had some otherwise really nicely working Samsung Tab S2 tablets that ran Firefox. I'll just download the final APK of Nightly, install it, and leave it at that. I figure I'll get a year out of those tablets

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I have some 'old' devices too which are still working fine but are running Android 7 and won't update to anything higher.

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Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7

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I have a ton of Android phones collected, and a fair bit of them run 7. The Droid Razr M is a really cool one that is stuck on 7, but otherwise runs all the apps I'd need. Albeit it's a bit slow, but it's still completely usable.
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