Download the Latest Build of Fennec for Android

by Kevin Krause on July 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm

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Fennec, the mobile version of Mozilla’s Firefox currently in development for Android devices, is chugging along slowly while Firefox 4′s “Tab Candy” feature and Firefox Home for iPhone snag up all of the spotlight, and probably for good reason. Most builds to date of the ambitious mobile browser have been a little buggy to say the least. A new version snooped out on Mozilla’s servers shows signs that the mobile browser is finally coming together, however. Check it out for yourself and see if the latest build of Fennec is starting to feel more like the polished Firefox mobile experience we have all been waiting for.

Download Fennec (latest build as of July 24th) for Android

[via Droid-Life]

  • KDROIDX

    FIRST, im excited about the possibilities of this

  • Inspiron41

    apk is at least 10 mbs… anyone with room tested this out?

  • Rick

    Doesn’t seem to work on my Vibrant.

  • Zach

    It’s not letting me install on my Droid X, it starts to then says Application not installed.

  • Mario

    Are you serious!!!!!!! :)

  • Zach

    Had to uninstall the previous version first to get it to work.

  • Derek

    It still just force closes every time I try and use it. N1 CM 6.0.0-RC2.

  • Aeires

    30.3 Mb unzipped. Can store part on sd card if you have 2.2. 20.28 Mb left on phone after moving part of it to sd card. Either way it’s a huge file for a browser.

  • T

    Same issue as Derek, Droid CM 6.0.0-RC2

    loads start page then crash

  • TejasEric

    Installed it on my evo and it looks nicer than dolphin browser hd in my opinion. But typing in the address bar on my evo didn’t work. It didn’t show the characters I was typing until I used the back arrow. But when its done I will use it based on the looks if it works well.

  • Michal

    So unresponsive on my evo that it is unusable(like30 second stalls). I’m not surprised cromer on my desktop is way faster on my desktop as well. Although this is really alpha. I’ll try again if they make progress. Although I don’t like how much allegiance they show to the iphone.

  • shawn1224

    Same here, didn’t work on RC1/Mytouch

  • Black Kristos

    MT3G: Fennec could not be installed on this phone

  • JR

    I got it installed and opened on my Droid X but it locks up after that…uninstalled.

  • Kevin

    FC everytime…Droid

  • duberry

    I just like the cool symbol

  • swehes

    Touchscreen gets deactivated on my Vibrant.

  • Jonathan Drake

    Chrome is better then FF because of the V8 engine and webkit being less bloated but nonetheless competition is good! I’m glad Android makes this possible.

  • CoolBonzai

    installed on Moto Droid and opened to the “Welcome to Fennec” screen and locks up on that screen. Uninstalled. Unbelievable 30.3Mbs!!

  • Nick

    27mb installed and does nothing but force closes. Awesome. Uninstalled just as quickly as I installed.

  • JBaker

    Very slow on my Captivate. locked up and forced closed after about 30 seconds, only brought up cnn mobile. couldn’t navigate past that. *deleted*

  • entendu

    Excited for the finished product. Currently freezes on Incredible.

  • http://electradrive.net korben

    have tried running and re-running 4x now, no dice on Samsung Vibrant. takes a long time to start, then does nothing. No response to touch, links do not react. program crashes every time. probably not a stable build

  • graham

    Still slow. Takes up about 33mb of space. Kind of pointless to install since there are so many better browsers out there.

  • KING

    Just wanted to try it on the Evo and it was slow. It took about 10-15 seconds to load a page and when i wanted to pinch zoom, it lags horribly. Uninstalled

  • Rex

    Installed this on my EVO using dropbox.
    I try to type in a search, it tells me no results, when I try to click the google button at the bottom it resets my device.
    but not completely reboot, because the bar at the top stays, it just says HTC and my home screen reloads.

    weird.

  • Quentin Biles

    Constant force closes on my EVO running CyanogenMod 6. Can’t do anything past the opening screen.

  • SwampFox

    wow, don’t think this software was ready for the limelight

  • http://revlimiter.net Adam

    Took it a bit to launch for the first time, but it works great on my Incredible. Well… “great” being all the features actually work. I can type in a URL and browse to it. I can see the tabs and actually add bookmarks. I can pinch to zoom, but the screen blacks out during the redraw.

    It’s a lot of fun to play with. I’m impressed.

  • Ishan

    Doesn’t work on HTC Hero …

  • asdf

    lol at all the force closes, mine works fine.
    Droid, 2.1

  • Eric

    No luck on the MT Slide. After a longer-than-normal install time, the app doesn’t run at all! When trying to launch the app, it just draws a black screen and then closes.

  • BenR

    Installs fine. Comes up fine. Goes to pre-defined sites fine. IT CAN’T LOAD MY BLOODY keyboard on my DX. Uninstalled for now. Bummer.

  • http://www.linkup.com/ Eric Caron

    Anyone looking for the QR code to get this build can just go to http://bit.ly/c2ZrgG (much shorter than qrcode.kaywa.com’s full URL).

  • tagno25

    Works perfectly on my Nexus One running CM 5.0.8 (using apps2sd)

  • Carlos

    Looks like us Evo users are out of luck. Fennec starts up for me but freezes and then force closes. So disappointed I really wanted to try it out. Guess I’ll have to wait a little longer.

  • eddie

    yup can confirm, HTC Hero UK Orange…installed but doesnt open up :( boooooooo………….

  • Zach

    In order to get it to work and not FC you have to turn off Swype or Swiftkey Beta and use the normal input keyboard, this still doesn’t mean something else would cause the browser to FC but it is pre alpha…

  • Alan

    Just to add to the list of no-go’s: repeated FC’s on UK Milestone on Vodafone. Dang!

  • Steve

    Does it support the flash plugin?
    If not, pointless.

  • Aaron

    Well it seems as if I was one of the few people who actually had this work for me. Looks like the finished build will be very nice and feature-rich, but this is so obviously in Alpha stage to make it unusable as anything more than just a “tryout.” If the finished build works anywhere nearly as well as Dolphin HD, I’ll be switching to Fennec. Of course, by the time Fennec is actually released, Dolphin browser may have evolved into an entirely different browser.

  • http://limpet.net/mbrubeck/ Matt Brubeck

    That link is to a “try server” build which was created by a developer to test a specific patch. If you want the latest official nightly build, plus a list of known issues and other news, go to https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android

  • Justin

    Works fine on my Unlocked T-Mobile Nexus One running Froyo. Not polished, and is buggy when you zoom in and out on a page, but looks very promising. Very fast page loading. And to answer your question, NO, Adobe Flash is NOT working in this build of Fennec. It works on my phone with the default browser tho. Anyone else notice the strange Save As PDF feature?

  • shane

    locks up my vibrant dammit!!!

  • alex

    Works on my Droid X, but it’s a little slow and buggy. Plus pinch to zoom is jerky and imprecise. Otherwise, this seems to be the most thought through browser for a touchscreen based device so far.

  • David

    Installed on Droid X android 2.1 locks up right away. Disabled Swype relaunched and it’s working. Currently 2 swype bugs hope they fix that soon. Swype is COOL!

  • Fjord Prefect

    LOL Buy an iPhone. Oh by the way:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJG7pbSRvJ8

  • Mark

    I was able to get it to run on my Incredible after disabling Swype. However it is very difficult to get it to work. Sometimes it will take a URL and go. Other times it will hang. Impossible at times to see what you are typing. Force closures.

    Hopefully they can get this working much better as it has the ability to use add-ons just like the PC version fo Firefox.

  • http://www.google.com jason

    It seems everyone has forgotten the meaning of ALPHA software! Its going to force close, its going to be a huge file, its going to lock up at random times! From what we can see from this alpha, Fennec will be a great browser for android ONCE its ready.

  • bigbadboots

    wow, Fjord Prefect…. that was pretty lame. That wasn’t even a “test”. Get your loser fanboy ass outta here.

  • some internet dude

    FC on eVILS’s NXSense 1.25



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