Thanks to the new policies, monthly updates for the Store-based Firefox can be delivered directly via Mozilla’s own CDN services. In terms of looks and performance, we’re expecting the Microsoft Store version of Firefox to be the same as the version currently offered on the company’s website. This is changing with Windows 11 and the updated store policy explicitly allows Firefox’s Gecko browser engine. Previously, Windows Store only allowed browsers that use “the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform”, otherwise known as EdgeHTML.īasically, Microsoft has been insisting that the Store-based browsers must not use their own engines, so if Mozilla had published Firefox in the old Store, it wouldn’t have been Firefox. It’s also worth noting that Microsoft has already updated its store policy page with a clarification that web browsers in Windows Store “web must use either the Chromium or the Gecko open-source engine”. Download now! Microsoft Store now allows Chromium and Gecko rendering engines
The Firefox browser has been designed to bring you a more modern and calmer web experience on-the-go. Additionally, one user told us that Firefox’s Microsoft Store product page briefly appeared on Google and Bing search results with the following meta description:
