Firefox 156 Launched With 45% Faster PDF Reader and Improvements to Online Media Viewing
Mozilla has officially updated Firefox, releasing version 156 for macOS, Windows, and Linux and adding several improvements to the open-source…
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What happened
Mozilla has officially updated Firefox, releasing version 156 for macOS, Windows, and Linux and adding several improvements to the open-source browser that should make it significantly easier to live with. Firefox 156 can be downloaded directly from Mozilla's website, and existing Firefox can auto-update using their preferred software manager or Firefox's built-in updater where applicable. The headline changes to Firefox all relate to performance, with a claimed 45% faster start-up for the built-in PDF reader, improved memory and CPU usage when displaying scaled JPEG images, and H.264 decoding for video calling using WebRTC on Arm64 processors.
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