Firefox 135 launches with new translation languages, New Tab layout, security, and pr

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Mozilla will release Firefox 135 to the stable channel today. The release is a big feature and security update that introduces improved protections and capabilities
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Highlights include support for translating Korean, Japanese, simplified Chinese, and Russian, protection against browser history abuses by sites, wider AI chatbot access, and a New Tab layout refresh rolling out.

Firefox 135: the major changesFirefox Translations improvements



The built-in translations feature of Firefox supports four new languages as part of the release. The following languages can now be translated:

• Simplified Chinese
  
• Japanese
  
• Korean
  

The fourth language, Russian, is now available as a language that text can be translated into.

The translation feature of Firefox is special, as it runs locally. This is beneficial to privacy, as no information is submitted to remote Internet servers. It also works offline as a consequence. The main downside is that it requires language packs, that users need to download before translation functionality becomes available. The process is automated, provided that an Internet connection is available.

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