Firefox unveils Smart Window AI beta with new browsing aids and privacy safeguards
Mozilla launched the Smart Window AI mode for Firefox, letting users query their history and receive sourced answers while keeping data private.
Starting today, Firefox’s Smart Window AI mode enters beta, enabling chat-based queries that draw on current web data and display source links thanks to a deal with Exa. The interface can automatically propose grouped tabs, close duplicates, and show thumbnail previews of previously visited pages when users search their history using plain language. Demonstrations highlighted the ability to retrieve items like "running shoes I looked at last week" with accompanying images.
Mozilla offers a choice of AI models—including Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, OpenAI’s oss-gpt-120b, Alibaba’s Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507, or locally hosted options—each operating under a zero-data-retention contract. Head of Firefox Ajit Varma emphasized an agnostic, user-first approach, while senior product manager Steve Truong noted that neither Mozilla nor its partners store user prompts for training or advertising. The feature remains optional, with future updates promising browsing-journey surfacing and AI-driven form autofill.
Why it matters
It shows how browsers can add AI tools while trying to protect user privacy and give choice over underlying models.
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