Firefox hosts Reddit AMA on latest product roadmap, promises various features and improvements

Firefox hosted an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit on June 24, 2026, to discuss their recently announced roadmap with users. Employees at the company answered some community questions about upcoming features and their technical direction.

You can find the entire AMA thread here, where the team picked up 7 questions to answer.

The Firefox team answered a query about graphics and engines, ruling out major rewrites similar to past projects like WebRender. Instead, work is progressing on switching to ANGLE with Vulkan and Metal backends. There are no plans to use native OpenGL at the moment. They’re also switching away from FreeFont.

In simpler terms, font rendering and overall graphics performance of the browser will probably improve.

If you missed the roadmap, it basically talks about new AI features, better Power Saving mode, Smart Window, info about Nova, and more. We covered the roadmap in detail here.

Responding to a question about HDR, the team said that HDR image support will arrive after HDR video improvements are released.

They also addressed concerns with performance. One user highlighted a slowdown with the Pixi.js benchmark, and the team identified it as a JavaScript issue, promptly filing a Bugzilla ticket to resolve it.

On Android, the team is investigating issues with URL handling, where links from external apps don’t open in specific user profiles. While the issue is under investigation, there’s no ETA for a fix yet.

One user reported smoothness, scrolling, and battery differences compared to other Chromium-based browsers on Android. While the team asked some follow-up questions about example sites and device information, they never explicitly confirmed that the issue had been acknowledged.

We recently covered a story about Firefox supporting PWAs on Linux soon. In this AMA, they further emphasized that PWA support on macOS is coming soon, but it’s far more complicated to implement compared to Linux or Windows.

One user expressed disappointment at the amount of AI features clogging the browser, though the team said there’s a very simple switch to turn it off, so it isn’t a major issue.

Finally, Firefox officially confirmed that the browser will get a built-in adblocker “very” soon. You can read more about that here.

In summary:

1. Firefox has no plans to use native OpenGL; they’ll continue to refine ANGLE with Vulkan and Metal backends.
2. HDR image support will arrive after HDR for video improves.
3. Performance on Pixi.js has been flagged as a bug.
4. URLs from external apps are opening in the wrong workspace: Issue has been acknowledged, but no ETA for a fix.
5. PWAs on macOS are coming soon, though it’s difficult to implement.
6. Ad-blocker support for the iOS app is coming soon.

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