'Firefox 130' official release, displays AI chatbot in sidebar so you can ask AI questions while browsing
The official version of the web browser ' Firefox 130 ' has been released. It has a feature to display an AI chatbot in the sidebar and has improved translation functions.
Firefox 130.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
◆ AI chatbots and more will be added to Firefox Labs, where you can try out experimental features
In Firefox 130, two features have been added to Firefox Labs, where you can try out features under development: 'AI chatbot' and 'Automatically open picture-in-picture when switching tabs.' To enable the features, simply check the respective settings in the 'Firefox Labs' tab of the settings screen.
The five candidates for AI chatbots are 'Anthropic Claude,' 'ChatGPT,' 'Google Gemini,' 'HuggingChat,' and 'Le Chat Mistral.'
When you select a chatbot, it will appear on the left side of the screen. You can ask the chatbot questions while browsing various pages.
The 'Show prompts on selected text' option is enabled by default, and when you select text on a page, the AI mark will appear. When you hover the cursor over the AI mark, the options to 'summarize,' 'make it easier to understand,' and 'ask a quiz' appear, making it easy to use the chatbot.
In addition, if you enable the 'Automatically open picture-in-picture on tab switching' feature, another Firefox Labs update, picture-in-picture will be automatically displayed when you switch tabs while watching a movie.
◆ A feature to translate only part of a page will be added
Firefox's built-in translation feature now supports translating not only the entire page, but also parts of the page. The number of languages supported in Firefox 130 has increased, but Japanese is not supported.
Changes for developers
-Curve25519 is now supported in WebCryptoAPI .
- The Web Codecs API is now supported on the desktop, allowing low-level access to audio and video encoders and decoders.
◆Other changes
- Enabled overscroll animation when scrolling to the top of a page on the Linux version.
Firefox 130 also includes several security bug fixes .
The next major version, Firefox 131, is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2024 local time.
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