Containers now available in Firefox 153

[alanmbyrne]

I'm excited to announce that as of Firefox version 153, Containers are now built into the browser. More information can be found in this blog post.
In this preview release, you can:Open tabs in specifications containers:

• Keep your browsing activity isolated by context.
• Customize your workspace: Create and manage containers with your own names, colors, and icons.
• Manage settings easily: Control your container setup directly from the Firefox settings surface.
• Get Started: Right-click any tab or long-press the new tab (+) button to open a container tab — or head to Firefox Settings to create your first container.
  
  If you’re already using the Multi-Account Containers, there’s nothing special you need to do. Not all of the features of the add-on are available in the first-party version of containers just yet, we’re still building them out.  You can continue to use the add-on alongside the built in containers, no need to uninstall the add-on.
  
  This is the first step, and we plan on continuing the work on making this better. To help us ensure we're building the right thing, we would love to hear your feedback about this initial release below. Please let us know how you use containers, what they help you with, so that we can figure out what we should prioritize next!

[JSmorada]

I wouldn't hold my breath. Don't think they even read any of this. I challenge the devs to prove me wrong  😡!!!

[alanmbyrne]

We definitely do read these threads, and the comments and feedback definitely influence our roadmap.

A lot of the features people have requested are actively being worked on right now and you'll see a few Containers features in the next Firefox (158) release.

[JSmorada]

alanmbyrne,

I'm pleasantly surprised and apologize, but at least we now know that someone or something (AI ->Human) is monitoring the forum. Looking forward to the 158 release!

[annh]

So do you guys have plans to work about container tabs in android? We all need this feature 

[alanmbyrne]

We've been busy working in the background to continue developing native containers support in Firefox.  A couple of new additions I wanted to call out.  You can now:

• choose to not use a container when a link is opened in Firefox from an external account - this will open in your default container instead. We'll be improving this soon with some sort of option to choose a container when you open a link from externally if you so wish.
• map URLs to containers, so they always open in the same container. For example, you can tell Firefox to always open Facebook in your Social container.  This is a popular feature of the Multi-Account Containers extension and has been highly requested for us to port over.

These features are in our Nightly release of Firefox (Version 162), making their way to release on December 8th.

We're still exploring Android support for containers, and it's more of a User Interface challenge rather than a technical challenge given how different screens and tabs are on a mobile interface. 

[Jon]

Thanks for the update @alanmbyrne 🙌