Here is what is new and changed in Firefox 80.0

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Mozilla released Firefox 80.0 to the Stable channel and Firefox ESR 78.2 / Firefox ESR 68.12 to the Extended Support Release channel on August 25, 2020.

Note: if you are reading this on August 25, 2020, the new Firefox releases may not be available yet.

All other Firefox channels are updated to new versions as well. Firefox Beta and Developer versions are updated to version 81, Firefox Nightly is pushed to version 82, and the new Firefox for Android is updated to version 80 as well.

Check out the Firefox 79 release notes in case you missed them.

Executive Summary

• Firefox 80 is a minor release with just a few changes and new features.
  
• Firefox 68.12 is the last Firefox ESR version of that base. Firefox ESR 68 systems will receive automatic updates to Firefox 78 when Firefox 78.3 is released on September 22, 2020.
  
• Firefox 81 and Firefox 78.3 ESR will be released on September 22, 2020.
  

Firefox 80.0 download and update

Rollout of Firefox 80 and Firefox ESR 68.12 / Firefox ESR 78.2 begins on August 25, 2020. Automatic updates will pick up the new version and install it automatically on devices the feature has not been disabled on.

Firefox users may select Menu > Help > About Firefox to display the installed version of the browser and to run a check for updates manually.

The following pages list direct downloads for supported Firefox channels (will be available later on August 25, 2020)

• Firefox Stable download
  
• Firefox Beta download
  
• Nightly download
  
• Firefox ESR download
  

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