Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7

Unread post by **Duke** » 19 Oct 2025, 21:24

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/

flatrute · Unread post by **flatrute** » 20 Oct 2025, 05:17

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

JodyThornton · Unread post by **JodyThornton** » 20 Oct 2025, 19:13

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

Unread post by **Duke** » 20 Oct 2025, 20:33

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

YouTube · Unread post by **K4sum1** » 21 Oct 2025, 01:56

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.

UCyborg · Unread post by **UCyborg** » 23 Oct 2025, 20:29

Is Firefox even usable on 1 GB RAM devices? I only tried it few years ago and didn't like it, was too much of a resource hog.

JodyThornton · Unread post by **JodyThornton** » 24 Oct 2025, 12:07

UCyborg wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025, 20:29 Is Firefox even usable on 1 GB RAM devices? I only tried it few years ago and didn't like it, was too much of a resource hog.

However, on a Samsung Tab S2 tablet with 3 GB of RAM, it was still very useful.

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