Firefox reality now supports 360º videos and seven new languages

Mozilla has lost a lot of ground against Google in recent years since the arrival of Chrome, so those responsible for the Firefox browser do not stop working and trying to innovate to recover their glory days. Mozilla launched Firefox Reality in September in an effort to expand its browser offering to various virtual reality platforms, including Oculus, Daydream, and Viveport.

Firefox Reality is updated to improve its features

Now Firefox Reality has received its first batch of updates, introducing a host of new features designed to make web browsing more intuitive with a virtual reality device. Firefox Reality version 1.1 includes support for 360-degree video content from various sources, including YouTube. This new feature provides a more immersive viewing experience, along with a new theater mode, which works to dim the environment of the playback window.

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In addition to this, Firefox Reality adds additional localization for seven languages, including Chinese (Mandarin - Simplified and Traditional), French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. Expanded voice search support has also been included to the new languages ​​located above, the bookmarks function and automatic search and domain suggestions in the URL bar

The new version of Firefox Reality also includes improvements in 2D user interface performance, WebVR stability, and full-screen video playback. Mozilla continues to work to add new capabilities for sharing and syncing content, such as bookmarks, in browsers. It also plans to introduce support for multiple windows and tabs, among other features.

The latest updates to Firefox Reality can now be downloaded from the Viveport and Oculus stores, it is also available on the Google Play Store.

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