Firefox Is Rolling Out Three New Features for 'Smart Window'

Published: 2026-08-18

Firefox Is Rolling Out Three New Features for 'Smart Window'
If you like to be on the cutting edge, you might know about Firefox's " Smart Window " feature—formerly "AI Window." If not, here's an intro: Smart Window is Firefox's take on an AI web browsing assistant. You can use the chat feature to ask general questions (like you would with ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude) or send queries about the pages you're looking at. The feature lives in Firefox's menu bar: You can engage it whenever you want—with three models to choose from—and shut it off just the same. Since Firefox's whole schtick is privacy-first, it emphasizes how none of your interactions with AI Window are used to train Mozilla's models, and your data is never sold to third parties— similar to DuckDuckGo's approach to AI . But Mozilla says that it changed Smart Window throughout its initial beta testing period. While the feature is still in beta, the company is now announcing more updates coming down the pike. New features coming to Firefox's Smart Window On Tuesday morning, the company officially revealed three new Smart Window features that beta testers can now take advantage of. First, Mozilla announced a new way to browse the internet for answers without actually leaving your current window. The experience comes through a partnership with Exa, and lets you look up web info with sources without leaving for a new search results page. I suppose it's a new take on using two windows in split-screen—though I usually don't find it hard to do a quick s…

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