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Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 19 Oct 2025, 21:24
by Duke
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/
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 20 Oct 2025, 05:17
by flatrute
Which Android hardware nowadays still run on those Android versions? Malware filled Android TV set-top-boxes?
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 20 Oct 2025, 19:13
by JodyThornton
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
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 20 Oct 2025, 20:33
by Duke
I have some 'old' devices too which are still working fine but are running Android 7 and won't update to anything higher.
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 21 Oct 2025, 01:56
by the_r3dacted
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.
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 23 Oct 2025, 20:29
by UCyborg
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.
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 24 Oct 2025, 12:07
by JodyThornton
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.
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 13:43
by JodyThornton
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
Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7
Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 17:10
by UCyborg
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.