Mozilla Says Goodbye to Firefox Hello in Firefox 49

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Sean Michael Kerner
Sep 22, 2016

In October 2014, as part of the Firefox 34 beta release, Mozilla introduced its Firefox Hello communications technology enabling users to make calls directly from the browser. On Sept. 20, 2016, Mozilla formally removed support for Firefox Hello as part of the new Firefox 49 release.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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