Firefox 130: Translate improvements, automatic Picture-in-Picture mode, and security

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Mozilla has released Firefox 130 Stable today. The new version of Firefox introduces several new features, including the already reviewed automatic Picture-in-Picture mode, improvements to the browser's translate feature, and a new Firefox Labs section for trying out new features early.

The new version fixes security issues on top of that. There is also Firefox 130 for Android, and the new Firefox 131 Beta / Dev, and Firefox 132 Nightly. Last but not least, it is the last round of updates for Firefox 115 ESR as it is being replaced by Firefox 128 ESR after this release.

Executive Summary

• Firefox 129 fixes security issues, bugs, and adds new features.
  
• Firefox 115.15 is the last ESR release of this branch. Installations will get updated to Firefox 128.x automatically soon.
  

Firefox 130.0 download and updateFirefox on non-managed devices is configured to update automatically by default. The checks do not happen in real time, which means that you may have to wait a few hours or even days before it is installed.

If you want to speed this up, and you may want to considering that the new release addresses security issues, you can do so in the following way on the desktop:

1. Select Menu > Help > About Firefox.
   
2. Wait until Firefox runs the check for updates (this should happen on open).
   
3. New versions discovered will be downloaded and installed automatically.
   
4. A restart of the browser is required, so save any open work before you do so.
   

You can also download the latest version of Firefox by following these links:

• Firefox Stable download
  
• Firefox Beta download
  
• Nightly download
  
• Firefox ESR download
  
• Firefox for Android on Google Play
  

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