On April 16 (US time), Mozilla released the latest version of Firefox for desktop, v125.0.1, on its release channel. Firefox 125, a major version update, supports the AV1 codec with Encrypted Media Extension (EME). It is now possible to play higher quality videos on video streaming sites.
The integrated PDF viewer has also been improved. Added the ability to highlight selected text. To identify defects at an early stage, this functionality will be provided through a “progressive rollout” mechanism that will gradually expand the scope of the provision while monitoring the impact of the implementation. Therefore, only a limited number of users can use it at this stage.
Highlight selected text with built-in PDF viewer
In addition, the following improvements have been made.
- Pinned tabs are now displayed in the Open Tabs section of Firefox View. There is also an indicator that allows you to confirm which tab is playing media.
Pinned tabs are now displayed in the Open Tabs section of Firefox View.audio signal as well
- We added a feature for users in the US and Canada that prompts users to save their address when submitting the address form.In the future, it will be possible to submit addresses to automatic.
- It will now more aggressively block downloads from URLs it deems potentially untrustworthy.Enhanced security
- URL paste suggestion function. Recommend copying a URL to the clipboard when using the Firefox address bar
URL paste suggestion function
- Add-on “Firefox Multi-Account Containers”.You can now find open tabs in different containers in the navigation bar when using .
- Provides an option to enable Web Proxy Auto Detection (WPAD) when Firefox is configured to use a system proxy
There are 15 security solutions. The accuracy analysis is based on Mozilla’s criteria: 9 cases are “High”, which is the second from the top, 5 are “Medium”, which is the third, and 1 is “ “Low” means lowest. Please update as soon as possible as it may lead to arbitrary code execution.
The desktop version of “Firefox” is free software that welcomes donations and is compatible with Windows/Mac/Linux, etc., and is currently available for download from Mozilla website. The Windows version is compatible with Windows 10/11 and can also be downloaded from the Windows Forest Library.
