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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/

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Interestingly, this comes at a time when other Chromium browsers are stopping support on Android 8 (Oreo) and Android 9 (Pie). I used Vivaldi on the former, using my other tablet which is a Samsung Tab S3. As of v7.6, I'm shut out

I'd keep using it 'till the wheels fall off.

In my case, important stuff other than the web browser...Android 7 doesn't cut it anymore. One financial app dropped support over half-year ago, though old version still works...for however long, the other is on the brink (minimum Android 7), the gas station app, that dropped Android 7 too and old version is blocked.

Good thing about Chromium though, it tends to last longer without updates. Unless the sites you need quickly adapt latest Chromeisms.

Is there anyone maintaining firefox fork for old android? I still have an old phone with android 6 though it's pretty much close to dying. I am just wondering if anyone does that.

Not sure if i am being nostalgic or not, but after opening the old phone, i cant help but feel old android looks better,faster than newer ones, or maybe because i don't have google services installed.

roboreptile wrote: ↑27 Feb 2026, 19:21 Is there anyone maintaining firefox fork for old android?

Not that I know.
The main up to date forks like Fennec and Ironfox are just following Firefox and require at least Android 8.