After switching to Fenix, Mozilla has added most of the basic, privacy features and (some) extensions to the new Firefox for Android, but it lacks the ability to automatically save and fill Addresses and Credit Card data. The good news is you can enable these features right now in the Nightly version.
New Firefox for Android,
- Let you view tabs in a Grid layout
- Can Close tabs automatically after a certain period of time like Safari on iOS
- comes with enhanced tracking protection and can block redirect trackers
- Supports External download manager and voice search
- autofill logins and passwords
Google Chrome on Android and desktop, fill in addresses and payment methods when you add them in respective settings.
Firefox on desktop started supporting Credit Card Autofill from version 81 onwards, but it’s not available on the Android version including address autofill.
Both the features are available hidden behind Secret settings, here is how you can enable them.
Enable Credit Card Autofill for Firefox on Android
- Ensure you’re using the latest Nightly version, open Firefox
- Tap on the three-dot icon and select Settings
- Scroll down all the way to the bottom and tap on “About Firefox Nightly“
- Tap on the Firefox logo three times, once debug menu enabled message is shown
- Navigate back to Settings and select “Secret Settings“
- Toggle Enable Credit card Autofill
Head to Settings > Credit Cards> turn on “Save and autofill credit cards”
Tap on Add Credit card and enter the details. You don’t need to enter CVV here.
After that, whenever you encounter a web form where you need to make payment through a Credit card, select the option, Firefox autofill Credit Card data.
Address autofill is coming to Firefox on Android
- Open Firefox
- Follow the above steps from 1 to 5, and “Enable address autofill”.
Unfortunately, the above setting is a placeholder, not working yet when turned on.
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