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149.0a1 Firefox Nightly

January 12, 2026

Version 149.0a1, first offered to Nightly channel users on January 12, 2026

Firefox Nightly gets updated every day and as a consequence, the release notes for the Nightly channel are updated continuously to reflect features that have reached sufficient maturity to benefit from community feedback and bug reports.

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New

  • Starting with Firefox 148, Split View is enabled in Nightly builds. You can view two tabs side-by-side in a single window, making it easier to compare information, research topics, or work across multiple pages at once. You can create a Split View directly from a tab’s context menu.

    Bug 2006193
  • Starting with Firefox 148, Nightly builds have stability improvements to the legacy search bar, as well as aligning its search button with the latest designs.

    Bug 2006632
  • Starting with Firefox 148, the updated Firefox sidebar is now enabled by default for new profiles in Nightly builds. It provides quick access to tools like bookmarks, history, and AI chatbots. Use the settings gear icon at the bottom of the sidebar to add and remove tools, try vertical tabs, or move the sidebar.

    Bug 1978102
  • Starting with Firefox 148, HDR video on Windows is now supported in Nightly builds. This is considered experimental as we gather feedback before enabling it in regular releases. This feature works best when HDR mode is enabled in Display Settings (this may require a page refresh); otherwise, the display driver is likely to apply a tonemapping effect for non-HDR viewing. Some streaming sites may still not offer HDR video in Firefox.

    Bug 1977746

Web Platform

  • Starting with Firefox 147, Nightly and Beta builds (b6 and earlier) now support the Sanitizer API, which provides new methods for HTML manipulation. The element.setHTML() method enables developers to insert HTML content similarly to element.innerHTML, but without the security vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting (XSS). A complementary method, document.parseHTML(), is also available for parsing HTML safely.

    Bug 1954437
  • Starting with Firefox 148, Nightly builds now support the Document Picture-in-Picture API, which allows web pages to place content in an always-on-top popup.

    Bug 1858562

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