NEWS · COMPANIES · #2666
Firefox’s Smart Window adds AI form-filling from open tabs and webpage 'watch' feature
Mozilla updated Firefox’s Smart Window with two features: an AI-assisted form-filling option that can pull text from your open tabs (you choose which tabs to use) and a '/watch' webpage-monitoring task that checks specified pages for changes on a daily or weekly basis while the browser is open. Generated suggestions are produced by Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite model; the features currently support text fields (dropdowns and PDFs are planned) and are rolling out to the Smart Window beta in the US and Canada.
KEY POINTS
- Mozilla updated Firefox’s Smart Window with two features: an AI-assisted form-filling option that can pull text from your open tabs (you choose which tabs to use) and a '/watch' webpage-monitoring task that checks specified pages for changes on a daily or weekly basis while the browser is open.
- Generated suggestions are produced by Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite model; the features currently support text fields (dropdowns and PDFs are planned) and are rolling out to the Smart Window beta in the US and Canada.
- This matters because it adds convenience by using local browsing context to generate form responses but also raises privacy and third‑party model use considerations since data is shared with Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
WHY IT MATTERS
This matters because it adds convenience by using local browsing context to generate form responses but also raises privacy and third‑party model use considerations since data is shared with Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.