Firefox arrives on new Microsoft Store for Windows 11 and 10

Firefox has joined the new Microsoft Store and is available today for download directly through the storefront, meaning there's no more than need for a web-based download of the browser. It's non lone, either. Other browsers, including Opera, have been namedropped by Microsoft in its push to educate consumers on its refreshed store's updated philosophies on openness and app availability.

In its announcement of the news, Mozilla reiterated that Firefox is the only contained browser that utilizes its ain engine bachelor on the Microsoft Store to appointment. "By maintaining its own engine with Gecko, Firefox is able to enforce its privacy protection features like Total Cookie Protection and Enhanced Tracking Protection, and provide users with lightning fast rendering using WebRender, secure sandboxing using Site Isolation, and a performant styling engine known every bit Breakthrough CSS."

Mozilla mentioned that Microsoft's old shop policies wouldn't allow for Firefox because of the Gecko element, but now that issue is a thing of the past. Whether you lot're on Windows 11 or Windows ten, y'all can enjoy access to Firefox directly through Redmond'south storefront.

Of course, existence that Firefox uses its own installer, all its updates come via the browser itself and not the Microsoft Store.

Update: Firefox is using Microsoft's MSIX installer, which means information technology's a "proper" Shop app and should auto-update through the store itself.

And browsers aren't the merely thing coming to the store. Already, we're seeing storefront-ception what with the Epic Games Store existence available in the Microsoft Shop. Apps such as Discord have fabricated their way over as well. These arrivals come in large part due to Microsoft's revised policies and rules.

In example all of this is news to you and you didn't know Microsoft was doing anything to improve its storefront, check out what's new with the Microsoft Store.

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