After a few weeks of testing, the Mozilla Firefox browser is available in the Microsoft Store worldwide.
Mozilla has brought Firefox to the Micoroft Store. Now, the big question is, how does the new app differ from regular Firefox? Fortunately, the application is not a bland one version of the famous browser. It is equivalent to the regular version as it is based on the Gecko engine.
In other words, both browsers are identical. The MSIX package is on par with the PC version, in 94.0.1. You can install the Windows Store version and regular Firefox at the same time.
Can you run both versions of the browser at the same time? The answer is, paradoxically, Yes.
The Firefox Windows app uses the Proton UI and allows you to access about:config and make changes to flags. The tab bar, address bar, right-click context menu are similar to the regular version, which users are used to users. As for add-ons, you can download your favorite extensions from the Mozilla repository as usual. Firefox sync is also supported in the Windows Store version.
Mozilla has confirmed that its browser in the Windows Store supports DNS over HTTPS, Total Cookie Protection, Enhanced Tracking Protection, WebRender, Quantum CSS, Multi Picture-in-Picture, Colorways, etc.
So why do we need Firefox in the Windows Store when we can get it from Mozilla's website? Mozilla says the decision to make its browser available in the Windows Store was to give users an additional choice to use the browser. Also since Microsoft removed the policy that required Store apps to use Microsoft's engine, Firefox could be released in its true form.
Microsoft is known to have Microsoft Edge, which is not a bad browser, but many users prefer to use a non-Chromium browser, and having an open source alternative is always good for privacy.
This Mozilla move has other advantages. The Store may prove to be another route that will attract more users to the browser. The application in the Store, in relation to the version through the official website of Mozilla, will receive automatic updates directly through the Windows Store, which is an additional bonus. In short it will always be updated to the latest version.
The application is understood to be free. Users must be on a 64-bit or 86-bit computer running Windows 10 version 17763.0 or later to use the app. And of course he speaks Greek.
