Firefox Finally Supports Multiple Profiles

Firefox 138 is now publicly available worldwide, and this version brings full support for tab groups, profile management, a quick way to check the weather, and much more. These updates bring feature parity with other browsers and could prompt people to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox. Here are all the new features in Firefox 138:

Tab groups are now available more broadly

Mozilla began the rollout of tab groups with Firefox 137, and the company says the feature is now available to almost all of its users across the world. Using tab groups, you can group similar tabs together to bring some semblance of organization to your open tabs. Creating a tab group is easy—just drag one tab over the other to group the two. You can give each tab group a name and a color to spot it faster among your sea of tabs, and you can add more tabs to the group by dragging and dropping.

Firefox now has profile management

Browser profiles allow you to separate your work and personal lives if you're using the same device for both purposes. Other browsers such as Safari and Chrome have profile management, and now Firefox has joined the club. This means you'll be able to set up multiple profiles, whether for different users or different use cases, to keep their bookmarks, tabs, and browsing history separate. This feature is currently being rolled out, so even after updating to Firefox 138, it may be a while before you get access to it.

Check the weather right from the address bar

Firefox users in the US will soon be able to check the weather directly from the browser's address bar. Just type weather in the address bar and the temperature in your current location should show up among the suggestions. This feature is also currently in the process of being rolled out, but it should be available to all Firefox users in the US in the coming weeks.

Other improvements

Firefox on macOS and Linux now lets you copy links to background tabs more easily. You can right-click any background tab and copy a link to it right from the context menu. On Windows 11, Mozilla says Firefox uses acrylic-style menus for popup windows in order to match the aesthetic of the operating system, so unfortunately, the feature does not work there. However, there is an unofficial extension you can try instead.

The new version of Firefox also has several security fixes, so be sure to update as soon as possible to keep yourself secure while online.

View the full article