Firefox 95 for Mac improves security, reduces power consumption

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A month after it revamped its visual design in Firefox 94, Mozilla has released Firefox 95 and concentrated on improving usability under the hood.

"We've reduced CPU usage on macOS in Firefox and WindowServer during event processing," says the company, in a blog post. "We've also reduced the power usage of software decoded video on macOS, especially in fullscreen. This includes streaming sites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video."

Mozilla also says that users will "see a faster content process startup on macOS," and that it has improved page load performance. The existing Picture-in-Picture option has also been improved and users can move the control "to the opposite side of the video."

Firefox 95 is also about adding security. The major update is the inclusion of RLBox on all Firefox platforms. Mozilla describes this as "a new technology that hardens Firefox against potential vulnerabilities in third-party libraries."

The new version can be downloaded from the official site, where there are also detailed release notes.